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Key Takeaways:

  • A Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose crashed near Vancouver, killing seven of eight occupants.
  • A helicopter pilot received a 60-day jail sentence and five-year flight ban for flying drunk at a festival.
  • A pilot was arrested after crashing his Cessna 182 into a house and trees in suburban Chicago.
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A Grumman Goose operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines crashed west of Vancouver on Sunday killing seven of eight on board. The lone survivor, a passenger, was found by the Canadian Coast Guard on Thormandy Island …

A Naples, Fla. helicopter pilot who allegedly flew passengers while drunk at the Suffolk, Va. Peanut Festival a year ago will go to jail for 60 days and not be allowed to fly for five years. Ronald John Davis, Jr. was convicted of erratic operation of an aircraft, but had blown .116 on a breathalyzer when arrested …

A Chicago-area man was arrested after the Cessna 182 he was flying clipped a house in suburban Downers Grove, hit trees and flipped. Police arrested him as he was leaving hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

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