An experimental airplane crashed last Thursday night after an apparent medical collapse of the pilot that sent the plane flying unguided until it crashed on the shore of Lake Camanche in Calaveras County. Authorities discovered the wreckage in a desolate area near the shore of Lake Camanche after a nearly 12-hour search. Calaveras County Sheriff’s Officers identified the deceased pilot as Walter Guy Boeck, 67, who was owner of the plane, a Globe GC1A. Captain Jim Macedo of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said that 30 personnel from various agencies and two search planes also assisted in the search. Macedo said the search began around 9 p.m. last Thursday when authorities received a report of the aircraft falling off of an area radar screen. Boeck reportedly had been doing maintenance on his aircraft with a male friend, then the two took off together from the Rancho Murieta airport, each flying in their own airplane. Later in the flight, the other man reportedly saw Boeck’s plane flying erratically and he flew up next to Boeck’s plane and saw him slumped over the steering wheel. He could do nothing for Boeck and could not stop his plane, and when he ran low on fuel, he flew back to the Rancho Murieta airport and reported the incident. Macedo said the search line was from the Camanche Lake in the North Shore to Highway 4 near Stockton in the south. At about 9:30 a.m. Friday, a fixed-wing search plane spotted the wreckage in a low area near Lake Camanche’s shore in Calaveras County. Boeck’s body was removed from the wreckage. The family arrived at the scene Friday morning and confirmed that it was Boeck’s airplane. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration had been called in to assist in the investigation. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Wednesday, 12 November 2008 00:04
Plane Crash At Lake Camanche
An experimental airplane crashed last Thursday night after an apparent medical collapse of the pilot that sent the plane flying unguided until it crashed on the shore of Lake Camanche in Calaveras County. Authorities discovered the wreckage in a desolate area near the shore of Lake Camanche after a nearly 12-hour search. Calaveras County Sheriff’s Officers identified the deceased pilot as Walter Guy Boeck, 67, who was owner of the plane, a Globe GC1A. Captain Jim Macedo of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said that 30 personnel from various agencies and two search planes also assisted in the search. Macedo said the search began around 9 p.m. last Thursday when authorities received a report of the aircraft falling off of an area radar screen. Boeck reportedly had been doing maintenance on his aircraft with a male friend, then the two took off together from the Rancho Murieta airport, each flying in their own airplane. Later in the flight, the other man reportedly saw Boeck’s plane flying erratically and he flew up next to Boeck’s plane and saw him slumped over the steering wheel. He could do nothing for Boeck and could not stop his plane, and when he ran low on fuel, he flew back to the Rancho Murieta airport and reported the incident. Macedo said the search line was from the Camanche Lake in the North Shore to Highway 4 near Stockton in the south. At about 9:30 a.m. Friday, a fixed-wing search plane spotted the wreckage in a low area near Lake Camanche’s shore in Calaveras County. Boeck’s body was removed from the wreckage. The family arrived at the scene Friday morning and confirmed that it was Boeck’s airplane. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration had been called in to assist in the investigation. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
