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March 13, 2023 article - Solo pilot, searchers indicate this remains a ‘search and rescue’ mission. Possible foot search starting Monday.
www.q13fox.com
TACOMA, WASH. - A search is underway to find a missing pilot near Lake Quinalt and Queets.
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His flight recorded on Flight Radar 24, it shows Collen's 2006 Cessna T182 Turbo Skylane taking off from Tacoma Narrows Airport at 5:35 p.m. flying over Fox Island, but his signal dropped seven minutes into the flight over the Key Peninsula.
… Washington Department of Transportation's Search and Rescue Coordinator Thomas Peterson says they worked with the Air Force Radar Forensic Team to look for signals and used military radars which indicated the plane flew for 36 more minutes after its signal dropped.
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Peterson said, "smaller planes we fly, have a magneto ignition system, so you can lose all electrical power and the engine will continue to run. His [Collen] aircraft was a modern one with a glass cockpit or digital displays, and they require a lot of power. If there's a problem with the power system, like the alternator, you could lose all that. So it's not unheard of that people would have problems where their radio equipment failed or they're in-flight, and they were able to continue to a destination."
Search and rescue teams are now looking for the 15-year pilot over a 36 square mile area in the rugged forest land near Queets.
However, Peterson says rain, turbulence and snow are hindering their efforts.
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Peterson says radar data paired with altitude information indicates there was a rapid "nose dive like" descent.
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Search and Rescue are urging anyone who thinks they saw or heard a plane in the area are asked to call the State Emergency Operations Center at 1-800-258-5990.
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Search for missing Tacoma pilot suspended
Two weeks after he was reported missing, the Washington State Department of Transportation suspended the search for pilot Rod Collen.
TACOMA, WASH. - A search is underway to find a missing pilot near Lake Quinalt and Queets.
[…]
His flight recorded on Flight Radar 24, it shows Collen's 2006 Cessna T182 Turbo Skylane taking off from Tacoma Narrows Airport at 5:35 p.m. flying over Fox Island, but his signal dropped seven minutes into the flight over the Key Peninsula.
… Washington Department of Transportation's Search and Rescue Coordinator Thomas Peterson says they worked with the Air Force Radar Forensic Team to look for signals and used military radars which indicated the plane flew for 36 more minutes after its signal dropped.
[…]
Peterson said, "smaller planes we fly, have a magneto ignition system, so you can lose all electrical power and the engine will continue to run. His [Collen] aircraft was a modern one with a glass cockpit or digital displays, and they require a lot of power. If there's a problem with the power system, like the alternator, you could lose all that. So it's not unheard of that people would have problems where their radio equipment failed or they're in-flight, and they were able to continue to a destination."
Search and rescue teams are now looking for the 15-year pilot over a 36 square mile area in the rugged forest land near Queets.
However, Peterson says rain, turbulence and snow are hindering their efforts.
[…]
Peterson says radar data paired with altitude information indicates there was a rapid "nose dive like" descent.
[…]
Search and Rescue are urging anyone who thinks they saw or heard a plane in the area are asked to call the State Emergency Operations Center at 1-800-258-5990.
[…]
