NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date: Tuesday, December 2, 1997 

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-720 - Grand Canyon NP (AZ) - Aircraft Forced Landing

The owner of Lake Mead Air in Boulder City, Nevada, advised the park on
November 29th that one of the company's aircraft had made an emergency
landing on the Sanup Plateau near Bat Cave at the extreme west end of the
park.  The pilot of the Cessna 206, which had five passengers on board, had
been forced to land when the aircraft developed in-flight mechanical
problems.  Noone was injured.  A tour helicopter operating in the area
evacuated the six occupants to a nearby airstrip at Grand Canyon West.  Park
personnel responded by helicopter and met with a company mechanic and pilot. 
They were able to repair a broken throttle linkage, and the 206 was
successfully flown off the plateau.  [Ken Phillips, SAR Coordinator, GRCA,
12/2]

97-721 - Golden Gate NRA (CA) - Assault on Officer

On November 29th, a park maintenance worker reported a homeless man camping
in the Sutro Heights Park area.  USPP officer Mark Iacangelo contacted and
attempted to identify the man, later identified as D.B., but
D.B. gave him a false name.  Iacangelo found marijuana and a syringe
charged with suspected narcotics at the site; at this point, D.B.
attempted to flee and a struggle ensued.  D.B. struck Iacangelo on the
head, then broke free and ran.  Officer Larry Morales arrived on scene at
that time and saw D.B. run into the bushes near Sutro Baths.  Morales and
Iacangelo pursued, and D.B. was subsequently taken into custody.  He was
found to be a parolee at large, with outstanding warrants against him from
the California Department of Corrections.  Iacangelo was treated for his
injuries and released.  [Lt. Kevin Hay, USPP, GOGA, 11/29]

97-722 - Golden Gate NRA (CA) - Robbery Arrests

On the night of November 28th, USPP officers were dispatched to Ocean Beach
in response to a report of a robbery in progress.  Officer Garth Folley
contacted the seven victims, who had been seated around a fire when five men
with sticks accosted them, demanded money, and kicked one of the seven into
the fire, causing burns to one hand.  Four of the remaining members of the
group turned over their money, and their assailants departed.  About 30
minutes later, sergeant Duane Kraft located and detained two suspects.  The
victims were brought to the scene, where they positively identified the two
men.  City police found more victims from a second robbery in a nearby
parking lot; canine officer Daugherty detained two more suspects, and city
police captured the fifth.  All were positively identified and arrested, and
officers recovered $55 in stolen money from them.  No firearms were found. 
All five were booked on robbery and other charges.  [Lt. Kevin Hay, USPP,
GOGA, 11/29]

97-723 - George Washington Memorial Parkway (VA) - MVA with Fatality

G.S., 49, of Bethesda, Maryland, was killed in a single vehicle
accident on the parkway on the afternoon of November 29th.  G.S. was
heading up the ramp from Boundary Channel Drive to the southbound lanes of
the parkway when his vehicle struck a bridge abutment.  G.S. was taken to
a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.  Three other occupants of the
vehicle were taken by USPP helicopter to Children's Hospital, where they are
listed in serious condition.  USPP criminal investigators are conducting the
investigation.  [Bill Lynch, RLES, NCRO, 12/1]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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EXCHANGE

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