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Monday, May 05, 2008

Engine Compartment Fire Killed Couple in August Plane Crash


Associated Press
      An engine compartment fire triggered by a ruptured oil line caused a small airplane to crash-land in northern New Mexico, killing the pilot and his wife, federal investigators say.
    Glenn Elliott, 75, a retired Sandia National Laboratories engineer, and his wife, Laurie McKnight, 75, a retired teacher were killed last Aug. 27.
    They were the only two people aboard his single-engine Elliott Cirrus VK30 that crash-landed in an open field near Watrous.
    Oil from a broken pressurized oil line sprayed onto a hot turbocharger, causing the in-flight fire, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released last Wednesday.
    Witnesses reported seeing the airplane flying at an odd angle and trailing smoke just before the hard landing, the NTSB said.
    The airplane, which Elliott and his son built from a kit in 1993, was on a flight from Liberal, Kan., to Albuquerque, the report said.

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