Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents 2000s

Date/Time	Person	Location	Aircraft	Details	Notes
Jan 8, 2000 14:45	Joe Dan Petty 52, Allman Brothers guitar tech and former member of Grinderswitch	Macon, Georgia	Beech 23 N2336Z	The plane collided with trees and burst into flames after the engine failed on climbout. Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. 2 killed.
Jan 31, 2000 16:21	Cynthia Oti radio financial talk-show host Dean Forshee guitarist Jean Gandesberry columnist Tom Stockley columnist	Off Point Mugu, California	Alaska Airlines Flight 261 MD-83 N963AS cn:53077	Crashed into the ocean after the crew radioed they were having trouble with a jammed stabilizer. All 88 aboard killed.	details in database
Feb 8, 2000 15:04	Robert "Bob" Collins 57, radio talk show host for WGN, Chicago	Zion, Illinois	Zlin Z-242L acrobatic plane N5ZA cn:0695	Collin's plane, which he was piloting, collided with a Cessna 172 while attempting to land.  Both planes then nose-dived and crashed. A total of 3 killed aboard both planes. An air traffic controller failed to properly separate the two planes.
Feb 14, 2000 11:45	Tony Lee Bettenhausen 48, CART Indycar racing team owner	Leesburg, Kentucky	Beech Baron 58 N875JC cn:TH-575	While flying from Blountville Tenn. to Indianapolis, Bettenhausen reported ice on the wings and soon after lost control and spiraled into the ground. Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during a climb, initiated because of ice formation, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control. All 4 aboard including Bettenhausen's wife were killed.
Mar 9, 2000 c 08:45	Artyom Borovik Russian journalist	Moscow, Russia	Vologodskiye Airlines Yakovlev 40 RA-88170 cn:9620847	Climbed to 150 ft., lost control and crashed during takeoff.  All 9 aboard killed.
Apr 16, 2000	Bishop Thomas Lobsinger 72, missionary	Near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory	Cessna 172	Piloted by Lobsinger, the aircraft crashed on Fox lake.
Jun 2, 2000	Svyatoslav Fyodorov 72, Russian inventor who pioneered radial keratotomy surgery	Near Moscow, Russia	Helicopter	Mechanical failure. All 4 aboard killed.
Jun 19, 2000	William "Bill" Papas 72, artist and journalist	Nipmo Lake, British Columbia	de Havilland Beaver floatplane	Crashed into a lake while taking off on a fishing trip.  Papas drowned while attempting to swim to shore in 40 degree  water.  3 of 12 aboard killed.
Jul 2, 2000	Salvator Socrates Philippine Governor Santiago Madrid Philippine Air Force general	Palawan, Philippines	Fokker 50 GAF Nomad	Crashed after the military aircraft experienced engine trouble and tried to return to the airport.  The pilot overshot the runway and crashed into the ocean.  General Santiago Madrid also killed.  All 12 aboard killed.
Aug 4, 2000 07:45	Thomas Allgood Sr. 71, former Georgia State Senator	Augusta, Georgia	Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage N198PM	Collided with a utility pole, bus stop and brick wall while attempting to take off.  Overloaded.  All 3 aboard including Allgood's wife, killed.
Oct 6, 2000 22:05	Charles B. Yates 61, former state Senator from New Jersey	Edgartown, Massachusetts	Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A N60BT	Crashed while approaching the airport at Martha's Vineyard after receiving an altitude alert.  Yates was piloting the plane and his wife an 2 children were also killed.  All