Show 'jY?5 t lnhBai n'wfefiii A ' ££i jvTPyP jiw U6U U NMN MM MMk April 14 1996 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday Page 5 Investigators: Plane carried too much weight CHEYENNE Wyo (AP) — Jessica Dubroff’s hands were examined for dues into whether she was piloting a light plane when it crashed ending her attempt to become the youngest pilot to y fly For now though it is too early to know whether the girt or her flight instructor was at the controls when the aircraft went down in a Rockies thunderstorm said Steve McCreary an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board While investigators found no evidence of a mechanical malfunction they said the plane carrying Jessica her father Lloyd and flight instructor Joe Reid was cross-countr- Woman killed by package bomb carrying too much weight when it crashed shortly after takeoff All on board died “What we’re talking about is an airplane that has exceeded its maximum gross takeoff weight at an airport that Ls above sea level" McCreary said Friday The single-engin- Cessna crashed e Thursday barely missing a house The plane’s wreckage was taken to an airport in Weld County Colo At a news conference in the Colorado airport's hangar where the aircraft's engine dangled from a towing hook McCreary said the plane was overweight because of “personal effects ’’ He said he did not know exactly how of windshear a sudden and violent downward shift in wind direction After controllers gave clearance for takeoff there was no further communication with Jessica's plane Investigators found no evidence of a mechanical malfunction in the engine the aircraft frame the controls or the sections of the wing and tail that move to control the plane’s direction McCreary said The NTSB's investigation will take about six months and maybe longer McCreary said to determine whether weather conditions or human error contributed to the crash “This is a long ongoing process” he said “We are still very early on in the McCrearv said investigation" much weight the plane was carrying over its 2500-poun- d gross takeoff limit But the additional weight McCreary said would have made it more difficult to take off in Cheyenne's thin air — 611X1 feet above sea level In those conditions a plane's propeller can't move the same amount of air so the engine can't generate as much thrust In addition the wings can't get as much lift as they would at lower elevations Moments before the plane took off — in a light rain — the air traffic control tower had informed the fliers of reports M 25-ye- ar 4 night voiced his concerns about the weather to Dubtoff’s wife Melinda ties kills one hurts 10 Sniper with neo-Na- zi JACKSON Miss — A white gered the shooting rampage supremacist who sprayed a said police spokesman Lee shopping center in a largely Vince black neighborhood with ran- dom gunfire left neo-Nanotes behind leading police to conclude Saturday that racial hatred sparked the deadly shooting Larry Wayne Shocmakc 53 was found dead inside the abandoned restaurant where he holed up Friday and fired dozens of shots — killing one person and wounding 10 others — before he set the building on fire and perished in the flames zi PLANTATION Fla (AP) — A woman whose had threatened to blow her up was killed as she opened a package bomb on her kitchen table The explosion also injured three children including an neighbor who carried the parcel in from the front step The evening standoff began during peak business hours at the bustling shopping center Hundreds of shoppers and passing motorists sought cover in Miledy Cartaya 37 died instantly from the blast Friday police said Her son Michael 13 suffered a cut on his hand and her daughter Nicole 9 had a lower back injury Both were in good condition at a hospital Eduardo Costa the boy who found the bomb was treated for minor injuries buildings and ditches along the highway All of the victims identified by authorities were black One woman treated at a hospital and released was not identified Police gave no details about Cartaya s fiance Carlos Barrios also was treated for minor injuries 1vo other people in the house escaped injury The bomb which exploded in the back of the house blew “the front doors wide open and off the hinges” said police Sgt Mike Price Jessica's hands had some minor broken bones while Reid's hands and arms had major fractures McCreary said The pattern of hand injuries suggested Reid may have been at the controls he said adding that investigators may never be certain Meanwhile a meteorologist for radio in San Francisco said station KCBS-Ahe tried to warn Jessica’s father Wednesday night not to take off in the storm the New York Daily News reported today Michael Pechner a weatherman said he left a message on Dubroff’s home answering machine and later that the notes left in Shoemake’s AP photo rear window of her family car a shower of bullets that raked Mae Johnson of Jackson Mist right is comforted as she shows the shot-ou- t while her husband Robert Johnson left ponders their narrow escape through Jackson Miss shopping center Friday night house except that similar notes were left in multiple locations in the home indicating he wanted at least one to be found “It would be safe to say" the notes indicated Shoemake’s white supremacist views trig “It appears that (the shooting) was planned because the notes were left in several places in the house” Vance said ‘‘It appeared that he sort of expect- ed that his house would be searched by authorities in the aftermath” The slain victim was identified as DQ Holyfield 49 Seven others including his son were treated for gunshot wounds and more were injured by flying glass and debris The most seriously wounded was Pamela Berry a police reporter for The Clarion-Ledgnewspaper who was shot three times while covering the story She was in good condition Saturday after surgery for a gunshot wound to the neck er The gunman’s charred body was hauled out of the shuttered PoFolks restaurant late Friday An arson investigator said the fire was started with gasoline With the body police found two AK-4- 7 assault rifles three empty dips a MAC-1- 1 assault weapon a assault rifle shotgun an AR-1- 5 and two handguns 30-rou- gc The blast blew open French doors and knocked screens askew and littered the swimming pool with debris Police had wimed Cartava not to open unexpected packages after a pipe bomb was found on the hood of her car last month She had been involved in a WE NOW DO CUSTOM MUFFLER AND EXHAUST WORK! i£y 6SK Milkrvvk Nhf o 1 Aril Ctaacil IJLI lajliik lipirtmst aid k lack Stare Navy takes tough look after crash K ATE R— SHOP 762 API Ant We moke hmur call? 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