Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed Tuesday night when the small plane they were in crashed in Cameron Parish. Provided by Lake Charles KPLC Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in a plane crash near Hackberry, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. He may have not been able to retrieve it. Barbe High orchestra plays at Lake Charles Airport, Lake Charles residents concerned about cracked pavement. A comment was made about the NTSB being derelict in not actually visiting the accident site. Don Clements Death - Obituary | - InsideEko.com News Media | Facebook JohnsontoldKPLC-TV that the second occupant, Richard Don Clements, was believed to be a student of Palermos. You are misinterpreting your RC observations.Aircraft would be falling out of the sly every day if throttling back blanked the elevator.The man actually is off on a crazy idea, but nonsense on youtube always finds devoted followers. Two bodies were recovered from the wreckage. NTSB should already know if that was evident.Still a head scratcher. More controversy for clicks and useful in the relentless vendetta against NTSB. It seems me that sometimes, even with all the best preparations, bad luck can find a good pilot. Tonight & Tomorrow: Beneath clear skies, thermometers Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. Little did they know but nine (9) years later, in 2002, Nancy, Don and their two children, Will and Mary Kathryn would become devoted members of First United Methodist Church in Lake Charles. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. Forward CG would make the scenario begin as you describe, but airspeed increase in a dive from 4500 restores elevator authority with plenty of altitude remaining. After initiating a turn to return to the airport, the aircraft eventually descended into, or attempted to ditch into, the ocean a mile offshore. The demonizing of the NTSB over not traveling to this accident included the untruthful claim "I found the missing blade". Googled the N number to find the NTSB report and ended up here, Ive never seen this site before, Ive never commented here, So I appologise if my comment is not welcome. She died in the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111 with her husband, Jonathan Mann, while traveling to a World Health Organization meeting in Geneva. But, if it were to happen that fast, it would be likely that they would have smelled exhaust in time to do something about it. His most cherished hobby, passed on by his father, was flying. High speed nose down impact. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said. As noted earlier, The airplane reached about 4,500 ft above ground level (agl), as the airspeed decreased.and "recorded ADS-B data distance From: 4,325 feet @ 29.9898 -93.3416 To: Wreckage and Impact Information Latitude, Longitude: 30.009412,-93.330048 (est) has a Calculated Distance Straight line distance of only 1.28 miles"Apparent mechanical failure, or failure in the cabin.. "The crankshaft sheared aft of the propeller flange. When Don wasnt involved in hunting, fishing, and music, he was at home in his beautiful rose garden and vegetable garden, which he nurtured in order to bring fresh roses and vegetables on a regular basis to his beloved wife, Nancy. with Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson, KPLC reports that Johnson said the bodies are believed to be Rock Palermo and Richard . They consider him a mentor and the best pilot they knew. This is the type of crash that likely catches LOTS of self-aware pilots' attentionInre your (Winchman's) observation/question noted in the 1st paragraph, writing as a (never-used-for-income) aerospace-engineering-degreed, ~2600-hr glider-only pilot who also 'messed around w. RC gliders', one 'obvious difference' between RC power planes and full-sized ones is what I'll call 'prop-disc-area/mass ratio' differences, with the RC 'ratio' being considerably higher than that for man-carrying (182) equivalents. Accused murderer cleared by Baton Rouge jury after representing himself in court, released from jail, School accused of ignoring sexual misconduct of student later arrested in high-profile rape case. In previous comments I made elsewhere, I was just speculating. LAKE CHARLES, La. The Untold Story of Roberto Clemente's Plane Crash Litigation I never saw more lawsuits against management at this organization that were justified, but those affected did not care because the money they caused the taxpayers to forfeit did not come out of their pockets. Correct! The tail plane remained, perhaps, in an out of stall all the way to the ground. Stream LIVE news here. He enjoyed every minute spent with them, from discussing politics and world travel with Rachel to attending Ryans baseball games to listening to Sarah play guitar and speak the Spanish language. The National Transportation Safety Board said the single-engine plane crashed around 9:30 a.m. The Veron Bice family is saddened by the loss of our founding partner, Rock Palermo. The plane took off again about 5:13 p.m. and crashed about a half-hour later. I missed the nose down attitude observed by witnesses. Scene of plane crash near Hackberry in Cameron Parish February 3, 2021 . Authorities have identified the victims as Rock Palermo and Richard Don Clements. This proposed AD would require inspecting the tailcone and horizontal stabilizer for corrosion and cracks and repairing or replacing damaged parts as necessary. Records show that the days first flight ended about 2:36 p.m. I only read that the witnesses saw the bottom of the aircraft with no rotation and thought flat attitude. It gave a number of details about the circumstances of the flight but did not indicate what caused the crash. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182 four-seater, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, near Pete Seay Circle. The CPSO will be working with family, supporting them. Would like to ask for a line of discussion about the lack of a mayday call, which hasn't been previously discussed in this thread. Looks like they circled a couple times and tried to head back to the airport. Hes just one of those people you cant replace.. Also, the known aeronautical capabilities of one of the pilots, a CFI, who was well respected at the sheriff's office as their Chief Pilot do not point to pilot competence issues. Regardless of the number of hours and ratings a pilot may have, if they're not comfortable with the plane falling out of the sky with the nose pointed straight down at the ground, the likelihood of a panicked response increases.I'm very thankful that I started with gliders (including giving many acro rides) and then flew Caravan jump planes. Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry on Tuesday, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso announced Wednesday. Small plane crash kills Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office pilot - WBRZ Two bodies were removed from the plane that crashed Tuesday evening on a small island near Hackberry, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson told news agencies. He was simultaneously their biggest cheerleader and real life superhero. Don Clements will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, and funeral at 3 p.m. Click here to see Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso and District Attorney Stephen Dwight speak about what it was like to know Rock Palermo. Fatal flight: full fuel and two heavy guys in the front. So airspeed likely high and elevator authority should have been present. Don Clements will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, and funeral at 3 p.m. Click here to see Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso and District Attorney Stephen Dwight speak about what it was like to know Rock Palermo. Both men were well known in Southwest Louisiana and had touched the lives of many. They took off, flew out somewhere to do a bunch of maneuvers, were flying back some distance, got close to home, decided to try a slow roll, smurfed it, augered it straight into the mud. Don was a talented guitarist and was a treasured member of the worship team at First United Methodist Church. (AP) A pilot and a passenger in a small airplane were killed when the plane crashed in a rural area near North Platte in central Nebraska, officials said. The bodies were identified as Rock Palermo and Richard Don Clements, Mancuso said in a news conference. The airplane reached about 4,500 ft above ground level (agl), as the airspeed decreased. Distance To/From what? The family respectfully asks that visitors wear masks and practice social distancing, adhering to local regulations regarding COVID-19. "Tue 06:41:31 PM 29.9490 -93.3408 351 110 127 4,225 367 Climbing Tue 06:41:50 PM 29.9582 -93.3425 352 116 133 4,275 Level Tue 06:42:06 PM 29.9667 -93.3437 356 115 132 4,225 47 Climbing Tue 06:42:22 PM 29.9747 -93.3442 359 95 109 4,300 214 Climbing Tue 06:42:41 PM 29.9824 -93.3438 9 82 94 4,350 36 Climbing Tue 06:43:04 PM 29.9898 -93.3416 20 66 76 4,325 -205 Descending Tue 06:43:25 PM Tue 06:43:25 PM 29.9947 -93.3391 29 56 64 4,200 -357 Descending. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. Anyone who cared about the families and somehow detected the blade, would not rest until investigators obtained the blade. The initial impact crater extended about 15 ft deep and contained a majority of the airplane, to include the engine, propeller, fuselage, and empennage. He was a certified flight instructor and passed on his joy of flying to many. They are using COVID as an excuse to be LAZY and not work. In July of 1973, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled that Clemente's DC-7 was 4,200 pounds overweight, and that it had not been flown in over four months. Loss of elevator authority as speed reduced at 4500 feet. The 737-800 is a twin-engine, single-aisle plane commonly used for short and medium-haul flights. That person told investigators he was in the back seat during a training flight on Feb. 1, and the man had done well on flight maneuvers. This one is just tough.". His half scale model Spacewalker needs to weigh 400 lbs in order to replicate prop disc effects faithfully. That is the question we would ALL like to know, but the NTSB didn't even bother to go to the accident location. Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA-EFE/Shutt. Cameron Sheriff: Two bodies recovered from plane crash near Hackberry No words exist to describe the void that will be left by Rocks absence. Another owner of the plane flew with Clements and Palermo the day before the accident and didnt report anything of concern. But all the groundspeed points at the end are low. The Cessna 182 was destroyed when it crashed straight down onto an island northeast of Hackberry in Cameron Parish and sank 15 feet (4.6 meters) down into the soft soil, the NTSB preliminary report said. In the hours after Nepal's deadliest plane crash for 30 years, a video went viral in India - it showed one of the victims, Sonu Jaiswal, livestreaming from the plane just seconds before the crash. Smoke in the cockpit that turned into a wiring fire behind the panel is a possibility not yet mentioned that might fit the circumstances. Authorities first got a call around 5:47 p.m. Tuesday of a plane flying low, then disappearing, Johnsons said. NEW ORLEANS (AP) The pilot who died in a Feb. 2 plane crash in Louisiana had just bought a share in the aircraft, and the other man killed in the crash was his instructor, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday. NTSB releases report on deadly plane crash that killed Rock - KPLC Ive known Dan a few years although I havent talked to him in awhile but if he said he found it then Id say he found it. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. Greater Pittsburgh Airport was still considered new when the regularly scheduled TWA Flight 400 crashed on Easter Sunday in 1956. His 25 pound mass half scale model Spacewalker is just six percent of half the mass of the 800 lb full scale Spacewalker. The men say Palermo brought them on board the CPSO Aviation Division and add, they will miss him tremendously. Palermo was flying a Cessna 182 like one he owned, still parked at a local hangar. Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in the crash, Johnson said. I propose that they had been doing training for an hour or so in a practice area, were returning to the airport traveling in a straight line for many miles, when they got within eyesight of the airport and were thinking the fun was almost over, for whatever reason, they attempted a slow roll to the left, they had forward CG (close to, at, or beyond limits is not known, but probably somewhere forward), so when they went over the top and were inverted, the nose started to fall to the ground. This seems mechanical or structural based on the flight path which, hopefully, NTSB will clear up if so. Extremely unlikely that one pilot would decide to kill himself with another pilot in the plane. The intentional lie about finding the missing blade showed how little regard for their loss the tuber actually has. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Cessna 182 was destroyed when it crashed straight down onto an island northeast of Hackberry in Cameron Parish and sank 15 feet (4.6 meters) down into the soft soil, the NTSB preliminary report said. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said. Two of the propeller blades remained attached to the propeller hub and one blade was not recovered." It's really hard to get a C-182 out of CG. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182 four-seater, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, near Pete Seay Circle. You made some very astute observations focused on elevator issues, compounded by the possible loss of a blade. On February 2, 2021, at 1744 central standard time, a Cessna 182, N4765N, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Hackberry, Louisiana. Then there is the possibility of an elevator control malfunction, causing a nose down attitude. The last 12 seconds of recorded data show the plane made a right turn and descended 3,200 feet leading up to the accident. Well I guess everything is possible until we know for sure: suicide, murder, kamikaze, paranormal activity, higher calling, medical, etc. Forget previous post where I stated "slow airspeed". On Wednesday, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancusos voice broke as he told reporters that one victim, Rock Palermo, was the departments pilot, attorney and friend. Richard Don Clements, 55, a well-respected financial planner and talented musician, died on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 in an aviation accident. Honorary Pallbearers are William Don Clements, William Edward Shaddock, Jr., Stephen Gorham Shaddock, William Edward Shaddock II MD, Brian Ray Jones and William Craig Jones. A debris field that consisted of the wings and smaller airplane components extended about 40 yards from the crater. Police release powerful body-cam video following plane crash; pilot dies Two bodies were removed from the plane that crashed Tuesday evening on a small island near Hackberry, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson told news agencies. He was in the back seat of the airplane the day before when the two accidents pilots were conducting a training flight. An obituary for Rock Palermo can be found HERE. Hes just one of those people you cant replace.. BATON ROUGE - Friday, the LSU Tigers participated in the Podium Challenge, a gymnastics club meet featuring teams from California, Washington and George Washington Universities. As an. Sept. 14, 2014 10:37 PM PT. It is a risk that we accept as we enjoy the thrill of flying. 0:47. (KPLC) . For example, look up "Free energy device" on youtube and notice how many people believe in perpetual motion. Plane was owned by an aviation company in Sulfur. A man who was the pilot and attorney for a southwest Louisiana sheriffs office and a second person were killed when their small plane crashed in a neighboring parish, apparently during a flying lesson. Hackberry, LA (KPLC) - The National Transportation Safety Board has released the report on its investigation of a deadly plane crash in Hackberry. He was a partner in the firm of Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson in Lake Charles, and he was a founding member of the Judge Albert Tate Inn of Court. I'm left wondering what lessons can I take away from this one to keep it from happening to me when I fly? Wind Advisory in effect for the entire WBRZ Thursday PM Forecast: overnight showers, storms and gusty wind. Wednesday afternoon, a procession was held as Palermo was brought to a Jennings funeral home, click here for more. Clemente's plane was allegedly "unfit" to fly. If Rock couldnt recover from this, I dont think anyone else could, said Kerbow. Throwing a blade as they throttled back up would do it. Bold criminal secretly relaunched massage parlor prostitution ring as he cut a Federal, local dollars at work clearing waterways in EBR. The report said two of the propeller's three blades were on the hub at the nose of the plane, but the third was not found. Visitation will be at the church from 12:00-3:00 pm. Figure 1 shows the end of the recorded flight track and the accident location. Findings Released in Fatal Plane Crash That Killed Morris County Pilot Flight Track. Cameron Sheriff: Two bodies recovered from plane crash near Hackberry, LSU WR Malik Nabers arrested in New Orleans; prosecutors refuse to charge with condition, Road closed following fire at Entergy substation, Charges upgraded for suspect arrested in deadly shooting, police say, Health experts, former athletes respond to NCAAs proposal to reduce game time and plays. These bloated agencies are primarily in the business of keeping their empires intact and in remaining on covid vacation as long as possible. Nepal plane crash: At least 68 killed as Yeti Airlines aircraft comes All rights reserved. "It is a great loss for the department and the entire community," officials said at a press conference, "It didn't matter the time of day or night who was in trouble, if it was in another parish and they needed our plane he would jump in and take over.". It gave a number of details about the circumstances of the flight but did not indicate what caused the crash. i could tell him to study something, hed come in and hed know more about it than me, he said. There are no survivors. The weekend Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. The plane would stall and fall without any elevator input at all. They introduced their family to the joys of diving. The fuel selector valve was found positioned to feed from both fuel tanks. The NTSB report outlines the final moments the craft was in flight. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Kathryn's Report: Cessna 182Q Skylane II, N4765N: Fatal accident They're not "investigating" anything. Was the missing blade buried with the wreckage and not found.. or did the blade fail at 4500 feet and get thrown before the dive? The report did say that one of the propeller blades was not recovered. Rock touched many, many people and this is about as tough a loss as you can get for this office and this community, Mancuso said. He could not have been prouder of his children. Like I said, I am a human being. In what way am I misinterpreting my observations?BTW, I'm a low-time private pilot who owned a C172 in the late'90s, and I've also logged about forty hours in a C182. So sad for these pilots, probably not due to anything they did wrong. Airspeed remained just above wing stall all the way to the ground. As expected, he didn't find it, just a lie told for clicks. Hard to think of anything that makes sense here. To day & Tonight : The Temperatures across the Friday PM Forecast: starting weekend cooler then trending warmer. Clearly this was a high energy impact with nose pointed at the ground. Palermo was a local attorney at Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson and was a pilot with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office. Lawsuit: attendant who refueled plane that crashed should have been 6. HACKBERRY, La. Mary Lou Clements-Mann, 51, An Expert on AIDS Vaccines Records show that the day's first flight ended about 2:36 p.m. Posted on 2/3/21 at 10:57 am to Lithium. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. BATON ROUGE - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. I watched all three episodes of Utube guy, and I still dont really know what his theory really was. The plane impacted soft, muddy ground near Hackberry, causing a crater that extended 15 feet deep and covering the majority of the plane. Probable causes are generally given in final reports, which can take a year or more. Shortly after stopping at Felts Field to refuel, his Piper Malibu Mirage crashed north of East Sprague. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso spoke at a press conference on Wednesday morning. Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in the crash, Johnson said. HACKBERRY, La. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and their children, Mary Kathryn and Will. You keep flying the airplane. The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted Wednesday that it was investigating the crash but would not travel to the site. Rock was a member of LSU Law Center Board of Trustees, American Board of Trial Advocates and the Louisiana Association for Justice. Then the day of the accident, Clements completed a one-hour flight around 2:30 p.m. in the plane as an insurance policy requirement without any complications.