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Show Instructor, Student Die In Plane Accident Here Forced Landing Practice Was Being Held At Time of Accident Charles Wayne Kimball of Canon City, Colo., a Naval aviation cadet ca-det in elementary flight training in connection with Ventura junior college operating at St. George, with the Bassett & Phelps Flying Fly-ing service, and Cameron Lee Johnson, of Ventura, Calif., flight instructor employed by Bassett & Phelps Flying service were killed at approximately 9:30 Tuesday morning in the Washington Fields. Cadet Kimball was taking a flight check with Instructor Johnson. John-son. They took off from the St. George Municipal airport at 8:45 a. m., and were not seen or heard j of until approximately 11:00 a.m., when Walter Anderson, also an instructor for Bassett & Phelps observed the ship lying cracked-up cracked-up in a field near the George Seegmiller ranch. Observed Flying Low Workers in distant fields have reported that the ship was observed ob-served to come low, as is frequently fre-quently the custom in the forced landing practice, and since it disappeared dis-appeared behind brush and weeds no notice was made of the wreck 'of the ship. No one became alarmed until Instructor Anderson Ander-son reported that the over-due ship was down. Ambulance and doctors were immediately dispatched to the scene of the wreck, and upon arrival ar-rival they found both occupants of the aircraft alive, but seriously seri-ously injured. Cadet Kimball died (Continued on page five) Plane Accident (Continued from first page) approximately seven minutes after being removed from the wreck, and Instructor Johnson died shortly after being transferred to the McGregor hospital. The exact time of the wreck is not known. However, when the rescue party arrived at 11:00 the engine of the aircraft was cold. The exact cause of the accident is not known at the present time. However, it is assumed that the ship was stalled in discontinuing the simulated forced landing. This could have been due to the stu-d stu-d e n t attempting to climb too steeply. Markings on the ground indicate that a wing was drug into the ground first, indicating that either it was failing to recover re-cover from a stall, or a slipping or skidding turn was attempted at too low an altitude. The wing which struck the ground caused the ship to cartwheel, resulting in the nose of the aircraft striking the ground with great force. Inspector Howard C. Harris and Supervisor Jack Webb of the CAA War Training service are inspecting inspect-ing the wreck in an effort to determine de-termine the exact cause of the accident. Lieutenant Commander Brossy of the Eleventh Naval district dis-trict is sending a Naval officer to St. George to investigate the ac cident. Memorial Services Held Memorial services were held in the South ward chapel at 11:00 Thursday morning under the direction di-rection of the South ward bishopric. bish-opric. Speakers paying tribute to the lives and works of Cadet Kimball and Instructor Johnson were J. R. Lamont, ground instructor in-structor for Ventura junior college; col-lege; Glenn E. Snow, president of Dixie junior college; and President-Harold S. Snow of the St. George stake. Musical numbers were furnished by the Dixie junior college music department. Cadet Robert Hickle has been ordered by the Navy to accompany accom-pany the body of Cadet Kimball to his home in Canon City, Colo., and he will represent the Navy at the funeral services which will be held there. The remains of Cameron Johnson John-son will be taken to Ventura, Calif., where funeral services will be held. |
