A man who was the pilot and attorney for a southwest Louisiana sheriffs office and a second person were killed when their small plane crashed in a neighboring parish, apparently during a flying lesson. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. with Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson, KPLC reports that Johnson said the bodies are believed to be Rock Palermo and Richard . A Federal Aviation Administration crew out of Baton Rouge and a National Transportation Safety Board team out of Dallas are to investigate the crash, KPLC-TV reported. The flight was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Hes the guy who trains everybody to do what we do. Hackberry, LA (KPLC) - The National Transportation Safety Board has released the report on its investigation of a deadly plane crash in Hackberry. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and their children, Mary Kathryn and Will. Authorities first got a call around 5:47 p.m. Tuesday of a plane flying low, then disappearing, Johnsons said. Another owner of the plane flew with Clements and Palermo the day before the accident and didnt report anything of concern. Investigators said there was so much damage it limited how much they could investigate. Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso got emotional while speaking Wednesday morning at a news conference. Flight control cable continuity was established for all flight control surfaces through tensile overload separations in several locations. Authorities have identified the victims as Rock Palermo and Richard Don Clements. He and the department announced the death of Rock Palermo who was employed by the sheriff's office. It seems like something major must have gone wrong here. quote: Was a 1979 Cessna 182 N4765N. 60K views, 69 likes, 95 loves, 363 comments, 164 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from KPLC 7 News: Calcasieu Sheriff holds news conference after deadly plane crash near Hackberry. Id say he just wasnt able to retrieve from wherever it was. He was in the back seat of the airplane the day before when the two accidents pilots were conducting a training flight. It seems me that sometimes, even with all the best preparations, bad luck can find a good pilot. The Cessna 182 was destroyed when it crashed straight down onto an island northeast of Hackberry in Cameron Parish and sank 15 feet (4.6 meters) down into the soft soil, the NTSB preliminary. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Shortly after stopping at Felts Field to refuel, his Piper Malibu Mirage crashed north of East Sprague. The tail plane remained, perhaps, in an out of stall all the way to the ground. Don Clements will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, and funeral at 3 p.m. Click here to see Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso and District Attorney Stephen Dwight speak about what it was like to know Rock Palermo. The last 12 seconds of recorded data show the plane made a right turn and descended 3,200 feet leading up to the accident. It is a detailed order of 40+ pages. The wreckage was recovered to a secure storage facility where an engine and airframe examination was completed under the supervision of a Federal Aviation Administration inspector. Stony Plain pilot Michael Clements has died following a plane crash in Spokane, Washington, reports a . This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Palermo was flying a Cessna 182 like one he owned, still parked at a local hangar. You keep flying the airplane. Is it possible that there was carbon monoxide asphyxiation putting both pilots to sleep? Probable causes are generally given in final reports, which can take a year or more. Don is survived by his wife, Nancy Edith Shaddock Clements, and their two children, Mary Kathryn Clements and William Don Clements. i could tell him to study something, hed come in and hed know more about it than me, he said. FAA training on proper inspection practices details a disconnected C182 "up" elevator control connection true life incident in this document:https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/37/561/ffp.htm. Think about the circumstances that would fit with acceptance of not finding the missing blade.Examination of the recovered prop hub must have clearly indicated that the blade was thrown during flight, not broken out during impact. No words exist to describe the void that will be left by Rocks absence. He was a lifetime member of the Louisiana Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Louisianas marine resources. @ http://kirtlandflightcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/C182-POH.pdf notes that "Prompt lowering of the nose to maintain airspeed and establish a glide attitude is the first response to an engine failure" and a Figure indicating at a 'speed 70 kias, prop windmilling, flaps up, zero wind" the ideal glide distance from 4,000 AGL to ground is 6 miles." The 1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on December 31, 1972, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The initial impact crater extended about 15 ft deep and contained a majority of the airplane, to include the engine, propeller, fuselage, and empennage. 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The airplane began a slow descent, which increased rapidly until the final recorded point. CNN Five people who worked for an environmental response consulting firm were killed in a plane crash Wednesday in Little Rock, Arkansas, while on their way to a metal factory explosion site. I only read that the witnesses saw the bottom of the aircraft with no rotation and thought flat attitude. Don was passionate about helping clients prepare financially for their best life possible. 0:47. This seems mechanical or structural based on the flight path which, hopefully, NTSB will clear up if so. This plane in a local hangar belonged to Palermo. But it is accidents like this that really perplex me and keep me up at night. At the time of his death, Don was a partner in the Global Asset Management Group (Raymond James) in Lake Charles, LA. Clearly this was a high energy impact with nose pointed at the ground. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said. Detailed metalurgical examination of the two blades and hub for known indicators of overspeed may be able to differentiate loss of blade in normal flight from loss by overspeed. Extremely unlikely that one pilot would decide to kill himself with another pilot in the plane. 0:00. Probable causes are generally given in final reports, which can take a year or more. Like I said, I am a human being. The NTSB report outlines the final moments the craft was in flight. 7 California, No. Paul Skenes fans a career high 13 in No. Could forward CG tail stall and slow airspeed be maintained (full aft elevator, lack of elevator authority) all the way to the ground with nose down? Don Clements will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, and funeral at 3 p.m. Click here to see Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso and District Attorney Stephen Dwight speak about what it was like to know Rock Palermo. Fatal flight: full fuel and two heavy guys in the front. This one is just tough.". They will update with funeral arrangements and honors at a future date. The grieving families need the analysis to be done on that blade. The 737-800 is a twin-engine, single-aisle plane commonly used for short and medium-haul flights. You have permission to edit this article. Got me back to scratching my head. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Don Clements, Sr. but is survived by his mother, Carolyn Joy Templeton Clements and his brother, Kirk Alan Clements, both of whom reside in Denton, Texas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a charitable donation to The St. Nicholas Center for Children in Lake Charles, LA (www.stnickcenter.org) or Concerns of Police Survivors (www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org). The airplane had high sink rate with a relatively flat attitude (nose close to the horizon). You can be sure that he did NOT find the blade, because he says he left it there. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182 four-seater, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, near Pete Seay Circle. NTSB should already know if that was evident.Still a head scratcher. During training, broker was in the back seat with the two in the front. Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in the crash, Johnson said. Visitation will resume on Saturday February 6, 2021 at Trinity Baptist Church from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 AM, with a Mass of Christian Burial to be observed at 12 noon on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 935 Bilbo Street, Lake Charles, Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Charles has been entrusted with arrangements. The data showed that the airplane maneuvered near the coast then proceeded north as the altitude and airspeed increased. He was happiest in the clouds. Rock was a respected attorney and member of the Louisiana Bar. Dive overspeed certainly could toss the blade. In the hours after Nepal's deadliest plane crash for 30 years, a video went viral in India - it showed one of the victims, Sonu Jaiswal, livestreaming from the plane just seconds before the crash. Scene of plane crash near Hackberry in Cameron Parish February 3, 2021 . Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso got emotional while speaking Wednesday morning at a news conference. More controversy for clicks and useful in the relentless vendetta against NTSB. The sales broker for the plane told investigators that on the day of the crash, the pilot reported completing a one-hour flight to meet insurance policy requirements. "I'm sorry. Wednesday afternoon, a procession was held as Palermo was brought to a Jennings funeral home, click here for more. Bold criminal secretly relaunched massage parlor prostitution ring as he cut a deal with prosecutors. Another partial owner of the plane told investigators that the pilot had just bought a share of the aircraft and was accumulating flight hours to get rated for complex and high-performance planes, according to the report. These are the ones that really concern me. The family respectfully asks that visitors wear masks and practice social distancing, adhering to local regulations regarding COVID-19. Im not saying thats what happened, just a theory and my original gut feeling of what might have happened, but it is a theory that seems consistent with the facts. Rocks love for flying connected him to a childhood dream of policing his neighbors on Palermo Drive. That person told investigators he was in the back seat during a training flight on Feb. 1, and the man had done well on flight maneuvers. Wednesday afternoon, a procession was held as Palermo was brought to a Jennings funeral home, click here for more. Rock touched many, many people and this is about as tough a loss as you can get for this office and this community, Mancuso said. The sales broker for the plane told investigators that on the day of the crash, the pilot reported completing a one-hour flight to meet insurance policy requirements. Certified flight instructors who own Plane Simple Flight School learned from Palermo. The airplane wing never stalled but remained at a high angle of attack just above stall. The bodies are believed to be. Control malfunction? Hackberry, LA (KPLC) - The National Transportation Safety Board has released the report on its investigation of a deadly plane crash in Hackberry. Rocks friends numbered in the thousands, and the family wishes it could acknowledge everyone who impacted Rocks life. he always worked hard. Don, a Certified Financial Planner CFP professional, had been active in investing and financial planning since 2002. They're not "investigating" anything. Run-away trim that led to??? Flight instructors consider Palermo a friend, mentor and best pilot they ever met. There is an FAA order (8020-11D) that outlines the entire concept of the hand-off of certain accident investigations. CG forward of the forward limit? Then the day of the accident, Clements completed a one-hour flight around 2:30 p.m. in the plane as an insurance policy requirement without any complications. That person told investigators he was in the back seat during a training flight on Feb. 1, and the man had done well on flight maneuvers. Two witnesses were in close proximity to the accident site, but different locations, stated that they observed the airplane in a rapid descent with the nose pointed at the ground. That is the question we would ALL like to know, but the NTSB didn't even bother to go to the accident location. He's blaming the crash on the theory that the three-bladed prop at idle created a flat disc effect that stopped air flow to the elevator and recovery from a stall.I know about a three-bladed prop having a flat disc effect at low throttle from my experience with giant scale model planes. Two bodies were removed from the plane that crashed Tuesday evening on a small island near Hackberry, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson told news agencies. Don Clements Death - Obituary | Accident : Dead-Death has learned the passing of Don Clements who has died in a plane crash that occurred in Hackberry.. Don was the epitome of what a student should be. Dr. Kevin Dupke, the Cameron Parish coroner, said he was at the crash site Wednesday with federal investigators and could not confirm the second mans name. On Feb. 2, 2021, an aircraft went down, killing both men on board, Rock Palermo and Don Clements. AGENCY:Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.ACTION:Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).SUMMARY:The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Textron Aviation Inc. (Textron) Models 180, 180A, 180B, 180C, 180D, 180E, 180F, 180G, 180H, 180J, 180K, 182, 182A, 182B, 182C, 182D, 185, 185A, 185B, 185C, 185D, 185E, A185E, and A185F airplanes. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. Look it up. Perhaps, as a poster mentioned earlier, the trim could be stuck ("runaway") at a nose down attitude for the dive portion of this accident. Figure 1 shows the end of the recorded flight track and the accident location. Easier to commit suicide solo, but looks more like an accident if there are two in the plane. This is certainly one of the most mysterious 182 crashes in recent history. The plane took off again about 5:13 p.m. and crashed about a half-hour later. When the last jumper goes out or you're doing a hammerhead stall in a glider and the aircraft is simply falling out of the sky, pointed straight down at the ground, you get comfortable waiting for the wing to start flying before easing back on the elevator. I suggested this in comments a couple of other places, and every time I've gotten ripped on about how wrong I was, and I probably am wrong, but I had a gut feeling about this when I first heard of it, two guys in a modern regular nothing special airplane doing minor training, returning to the airport, aircraft was 4,000 AGL then inexplicably nosedives into the ground, severe clear visibility calm winds, no obvious weather or mechanical reason for the crash. Authorities first got a call around 5:47 p.m. Tuesday of a plane flying low, then disappearing, Johnsons said. Cameron Parish and Calcasieu Parish authorities worked throughout the night investigating the crash, but are turning over the investigation to a Federal Aviation Administration crew out of Baton Rouge and a National Transportation Safety Board team out of Dallas. Again scratching head. He was a certified flight instructor and passed on his joy of flying to many. All rights reserved. There are no survivors. The impact crater is 15 feet deep and wings were crushed aft to the rear wing spar.Can't crush wings rearward like that or crater that deep coming in level. This is the type of crash that likely catches LOTS of self-aware pilots' attentionInre your (Winchman's) observation/question noted in the 1st paragraph, writing as a (never-used-for-income) aerospace-engineering-degreed, ~2600-hr glider-only pilot who also 'messed around w. RC gliders', one 'obvious difference' between RC power planes and full-sized ones is what I'll call 'prop-disc-area/mass ratio' differences, with the RC 'ratio' being considerably higher than that for man-carrying (182) equivalents. On February 2, 2021, at 1744 central standard time, a Cessna 182, N4765N, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Hackberry, Louisiana. Both Thompson and Alex Kerbow were trained by Palermo to be commercial pilots and flight instructors. The plane impacted soft, muddy ground near Hackberry, causing a crater that extended 15 feet deep and covering the majority of the plane. As expected, he didn't find it, just a lie told for clicks. The descent then increased rapidly. In previous comments I made elsewhere, I was just speculating. Hard to think of anything that makes sense here. lol) to give me the answer. Don was honored in 2015 as a Duke by the Krewe of Mystique for the many contributions he made to the community. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. No preliminary cause has been given yet, on the deadly plane crash that took the lives of Palermo and Clements. According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Rock Palermo and Don Clements. The Tigers beat out No. Hes just one of those people you cant replace.. CG was okay. HACKBERRY, La. Dr Mary Lou Clements-Mann, epidemiologist and leading researcher on AIDS vaccines, dies with her husband, Dr Jonathan Max Mann, in Swissair plane crash off Nova Scotia; couple were on their way to . After initiating a turn to return to the airport, the aircraft eventually descended into, or attempted to ditch into, the ocean a mile offshore. Don was a talented guitarist and was a treasured member of the worship team at First United Methodist Church. He stated that the private pilot completed the flight maneuvers well and he did not notice anything of concern. Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in the crash, Johnson said. A celebration of Dons life will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church located at 812 Kirkman Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601. Both men considered Palermo a close friend and mentor--the one theyd want on hand in an emergency. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182 four-seater, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, near Pete Seay Circle. Don Clement's will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday . NEW ORLEANS (AP) The pilot who died in a Feb. 2 plane crash in Louisiana had just bought a share in the aircraft, and the other man killed in the crash was his instructor, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday. High speed nose down impact. The plane then submerged, hetoldThe American-Press. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said. I forgot to mention that the model Spacewalker with the three-blade prop would immediately recover and glide normally if I shut the engine off, too. well the only thing to attempt if it disconnected is nose up elevator trim, if that is working, but if you are pointed straight down, that might not have enough time to work. Local pilot Steve Thompson admits they may never know due to damage to the aircraft. GREENVILLE, S.C. - No. I hope the the NTSB will be able to determine a cause other than undetermined loss of control. I am glad he is calling out the NTSB! They are using COVID as an excuse to be LAZY and not work. Certified flight instructors who own Plane Simple Flight School learned from Palermo. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and their children, Mary Kathryn and Will. At least 68 people were killed Sunday when an aircraft went down near the city of Pokhara in central Nepal, a government official said, the country's deadliest plane crash in more than 30 years. The National Transportation Safety Board said the single-engine plane crashed around 9:30 a.m. When Don wasnt involved in hunting, fishing, and music, he was at home in his beautiful rose garden and vegetable garden, which he nurtured in order to bring fresh roses and vegetables on a regular basis to his beloved wife, Nancy. Would not expect a mayday transmission during a rapidly developing problem.Simplest accident viewpoint is that the elevator stayed streamlined behind the horizontal stabilizer during the dive. I watched all three episodes of Utube guy, and I still dont really know what his theory really was. Visualize being the FAA rep on scene for parts recovery when the hub was pulled up with one blade missing. In a typical configuration, it has 178 seats . Airspeed remained just above wing stall all the way to the ground. Rock touched many, many people and this is about as tough a loss as you can get for this office and this community, Mancuso said. HACKBERRY, La. Would have been found if present at the impact site. The crankshaft sheared aft of the propeller flange. Nose down attitude would be even more likely that the pilots were fixated on full aft elevator. HACKBERRY, La. In the end, because of the extensive damage it was ruled that it will ultimately remain a mystery on why or how the aircraft lost control. It would seem the elevator itself could be jammed instead. Hes just one of those people you cant replace.. The Veron Bice family is saddened by the loss of our founding partner, Rock Palermo. The bodies were identified as Rock Palermo and Richard Don Clements, Mancuso said in a news conference. I even asked at one point, Rock, would you like to take controls of the airplane? He said, No, youre doing a good job. Records show that the day's first flight ended about 2:36 p.m. Louisiana authorities had identified the pilot earlier as Richard Don Clements and his instructor as Rock Palermo. On Feb. 2, 2021, an aircraft went down, killing both men on board, Rock Palermo and Don Clements. On January 30, 1993, Don married the love of his life, Nancy Edith Shaddock Clements, at the First United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, LA. By Lauren Raab. Provided by Lake Charles KPLC Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in a plane crash near Hackberry, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. AD is for problems that showed up on the tail draggers.Models 182 through 182D airplanes have the same tailcone design as Model 185-series tail draggers. Observation Facility, Elevation: KLCH,9 ft msl, Distance from Accident Site: 9 Nautical Miles, Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 4 knots / , 200, Latitude, Longitude: 30.009412,-93.330048 (est). NEW ORLEANS (AP) The pilot who died in a Feb. 2 plane crash in Louisiana had just bought a share in the aircraft, and the other man killed in the crash was his instructor, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday.
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