NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, January 5, 2007

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INCIDENTS

Blue Ridge Parkway

Family Of Four Survives Airplane Crash

On Saturday, December 30th, a 1963 Beechcraft Musketeer carrying a family of four crashed near Lane Pinnacle on Blue Ridge Parkway. They suffered only minor cuts and abrasions in the accident and were able to walk out via the Mountains to Sea trail. The pilot of the plane, which was en route from Columbus, Ohio, to Orlando, Florida, said that he'd run into heavy fog and was trying to get under it when he hit the side of the mountain. NPS personnel and members of the Reems Creek, Barnardsville and Buncombe County fire and rescue squads found the accident site and escorted the family out. FAA and NTSB investigators are reviewing the incident with the pilot. [Tim Francis, Pisgah District Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

Other news from today's edition of InsideNPS, the National Park Service's home page:

Adams - Massachusetts governor takes oath of office on historic bible in park's collection.

Editor's Desk - The editor of InsideNPS and WASO Public Affairs are seeking digital photos of events for their files.

Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services - Bill Spruill has retired.

DSC - Kate Hammond is the Service's new Bevinetto Fellow.

Colorado NM - Lory Noyes and Shirley Winterhalder have retired.

Calendars - The weekly training and events calendars are posted. The former has a number of new listings.

To link to InsideNPS, click on HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/

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Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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