L39 that crashed near the Boulder City Airport

[Cirrus N210MS]

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- Aero Vodochody L39 that crashed near the Boulder City Airport


http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/152176895.html

 

[Lionheart]

Sad to hear...

I wonder what happened?

 

[Daveroo]

i thought id see if i culd find out who this guy was..found this

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/07/local/me-revoke7

 

[Odie]

I wonder if this was the L-39 that was featured on PAWN STARS last year? Given the location and all.

 

[airtj]

I've read that they might have ingested birds into the engine. One news channel in Nevada stated that a witness stated that they saw smoke coming from the engine.