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From: don@pecnos.UUCP (Don Hopkins)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Falcon-Piper Crash Over New Jersey
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 08:09:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 08:09:00 1985
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> > This is being written only a few hours after the crash, and only after
> > hearing television reports plus being familiar with the area. Apparently a
> > Piper Cherokee hit a Dassault Falcon 50 bizjet nearly headon, both planes
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Another little thing we have to be careful about.  Admittedly, in a head-on
> case it may be moot, but stating the situation this way implies the Piper
> was at fault.
> 

As the pieces of this accident come together it seems that the jet
overran the Cherokee. Eyewitnesses say the Falcon 50 rammed the
Cherokee from the rear. A police chopper pilot flying nearby says
both planes were at about 1000 feet.

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