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. He turned 8 the day after he completed the nine-day flight; Jessica would have turned 8 on May 5. On day two of her quest, the Cessna 177B Cardinal single-engine aircraft, piloted by her flight instructor, crashed during a rainstorm immediately after takeoff from "What we're talking about is an airplane that has exceeded its maximum gross takeoff weight at an airport that is above sea level," he said, adding that Cheyenne's thin air -- at 6,100 feet -- would make takeoff more difficult.
The crash that killed Jessica Dubroff; her father, Lloyd; and Joe Reid happened on the second day of their flight. Jessica Dubroff died along with her father and her flight instructor when the plane went down shortly after taking off in a driving rain. After an overnight in Falmouth, they had planned to go to Washington on Saturday and eventually return home Wednesday. There was some speculation today that Mr. Reid may have been reluctant to take the controls for fear of technically negating Jessica's accomplishment. PESCADERO, Calif., April 14 -- Little Jessica Dubroff, whose dream of becoming the youngest pilot to fly across America ended in a fiery crash in Wyoming,
Jessica, who was a fan of biographies of the aviator Amelia Earhart, drew up the flight plans herself, arranging to visit grandparents in Massachusetts and Florida and to stopover on her return trip in Washington, where she had even hoped to entice President Clinton to fly with her aboard the Cessna.
The Guinness Book of Records once kept official records in the "youngest pilot" category but stopped doing so a few years ago because it did not want to encourage unsafe flights, a spokesman said today. "Over the Sierra it was just perfect, until we got over to the Rockies and they were bumpy, kind of bumpy," she told radio station KGO in San Francisco on Wednesday. Jessica's Final Flight By Newsweek Staff On 4/21/96 at 8:00 PM EDT News JESSICA DUBROFF NEEDED A BOOSTER SEAT TO SEE through the windshield to the
"You look at Jess and tell me how you can question that," said Ms. Hathaway as she knelt with her two surviving children next to a makeshift shrine bedecked with flowers and stuffed animals 50 yards from the driveway where the Cessna 177 plummeted to the ground. ", FBI Buffaloraided a West Side house Tuesday morning to execute a federal search warrant, saidJeannie McBride,the local FBI office's public , Severalmedia organizations reported Wednesday that the FBI and worldwide partners successfully shut down Genesis Market, reportedly a cybercr, In 2005, at the age of 51,Sylvestre Sly Acosta received a45-year prison sentenceunder a since changed federal law that dramatically incre. Earlier in the day, during an appearance on NBC's "Today" show, Ms. Hathaway sobbed about her daughter's death, while defending the decision to let her fly. Her father, Lloyd, lived with his second wife in San Mateo, also in the Bay Area. The accident occurred on April 11, 1996, shortly after a Cessna 177B took off from a Cheyenne, Wyoming, airport as part of a highly-publicized cross country trip by (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Although Jessica was clearly at the controls as the four-seat, Cessna 177B took off, the authorities could not say this evening whether or not the veteran flight instructor, Joe Reid, 52, had taken command of the craft in the final moments before, eyewitnesses said, it plunged, almost straight down, hit a residential street nose first.
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After landing here late Wednesday in a Cessna outfitted with a booster seat so she could see out the window and extensions on the pedals so her legs could reach them, Jessica quickly captivated people in Cheyenne at a news conference at the airport. . "I kept thinking, `Please! Correspondent David Lilienthal visited the MCAS Beaufort Airshow last weekend and shares his photos with us. Copyright 1996 NPR. Police Chief John Powell, who was first on the scene, said the bodies were still strapped into the Cessna when he arrived, but he couldn't tell who had been operating the plane. The 4-foot-2, brown-haired Jessica was so short she needed extenders on the plane's pedals in order to reach them. "I can't wait until the next day. Still, some aviation experts insisted the question was less why she was at the pilot's seat -- after all, she had flown for months before without incident and several other young children have accomplished aviation feats -- than why the plane took off at all, in a thunderstorm and near-freezing conditions.
"I don't think we should look at it from the view of whether a 7-year-old should be encouraged to fly airplanes," said David Boone, an Atlanta lawyer who is a specialist in aviation issues and a pilot of 24 years. Ms. Hathaway said she took great comfort in something the local coroner had told her: that from the positions of the bodies in the plane, it was clear that Lloyd Dubroff, seated in the rear of the Cessna behind his daughter, had been holding her from behind as the plane plunged like an arrow, according to witnesses, into the ground. 1908 French aviator Leon Delagrange flies 12,878 feet in 6 minutes, 30 seconds aboard his Voisin-Delagrange No. A seven-year-old girl trying to become the youngest person to fly across the country died today in a plane crash near Cheyenne, Wyoming. The mission to the moon is aborted two days later after an oxygen tank explodes. She had flown ahead to Massachusetts to await the arrival of Jessica and her ex-husband.
"It's been a long day," Jessica said after landing late yesterday. Her father and a flight instructor were also killed. The bombing is revealed to have been an attempt to kill the Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai, who abruptly changed his travel plans to the Asia-Afro Bandung Conference and did not board the plane, but allowed his decoys to go instead. WebThe plane carrying Jessica Dubroff in her attempt to become the youngest pilot to fly across America was overweight when it crashed shortly after takeoff, a federal investigator said I mean, what more could I ask for? The plane carrying Jessica Dubroff in her attempt to become the youngest pilot to fly across America was overweight when it crashed shortly after takeoff, a federal investigator said Friday. Through your continued use of this site, you agree that NYCAviation.com assumes no liability nor responsibility for any individuals actions or conduct. 2001 The crew of a damaged US Navy EP-3 electronic surveillance aircraft is released from Chinese custody, 10 days after their plane collided in midair with a Chinese Shenyang J-8 fighter jet and was forced to land.
The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Jessica's mother, Lisa Blair Hathaway, who was in Massachusetts to greet the family, planned to fly to Wyoming this afternoon, said Phil Orlandella, spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority. I can't wait until the next day. Flight Record, Dies in Crash, https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/12/us/girl-7-seeking-us-flight-record-dies-in-crash.html. "It was very fortunate it didn't hit any houses in the area," he said. I was going to be open whenever they showed up.". A seven-year-old girl trying to become the youngest person to fly across the country died today in a plane crash near Cheyenne, Wyoming. However, flights by youngsters have continued. Investigators blame the crash on the flight instructor deciding to takeoff in bad weather, overloading the plane and not maintaining adequate airspeed, which led to a stall and crash. The only sections visible were the tail and wings, which were detached from the rest of the plane.
Each week, we'll select an aviation themed movie to watch. A similar decision was made by the National Aeronautic Association, which keeps American aviation records. McCreary did not say what caused the crash, however.
The family used to live in Falmouth.
This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. 
Jessica, born at home in a birthing tub, lived with her mother and her two siblings -- Joshua, 9, and Jasmine, 3 -- in Pescadero, about 40 miles south of San Francisco.
I can't wait to sleep. Please get some altitude!' I was in HS. WebJessica Dubroff crash blamed on pilot March 4, 1997 Web posted at: 9:45 p.m. EST. The question that was on the minds of many people -- why would Jessica Dubroff's parents not just countenance a 7-year-old's quest for an aviation record but encourage it -- came into somewhat clearer focus Friday during Ms. Hathaway's hourlong encounter with scores of reporters at the crash scene on Kornegay Street in Cheyenne. According to the plans, Reid wasn't to touch them except in an emergency. McCreary, of the National Transportation Safety Board's Seattle regional office, said he did not know exactly how much over the 2,500-pound gross takeoff weight limit the plane was.
Police Chief John Powell, who was first on the scene, said the bodies were still strapped into the plane when he arrived. Her father and her flight instructor also died. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. 1970 Apollo 13 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. Jessica Dubroff's plane had crashed less than two blocks away from Jennifer Seaman's school.
I would prefer it was not at age 7 but, God, she went with her joy and her passion, and her life was in her hands," Ms. Hathaway said. Jessica, who had dreamed of being a pilot when she grew up, took off at 8:25 a.m. during a storm after completing the first leg of the 6,500-mile round trip and spending the night here. He said he had asked Jessica and she loved the idea. =ED BRUSSELS, FROM NEWS WIRE SERVICES Accuracy and availability may vary.
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Deborah (half-sister) (all by Lloyd Dubroff)Jessica Whitney Dubroff(May 5, 1988 April 11, 1996) was a seven-year-old American trainee pilot who died while attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light aircraftacross the United States.
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It would have been impossible.". Ms. Hathaway spoke via cellular telephone to Jessica moments before the take-off here. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. "The philosophy they were coming from was learn from experience.
We were going to have a reception. "She had a freedom which you can't get by holding her back," a crying Ms. Hathaway said as she cradled her 3-year-old daughter, Jasmine. The plane crashed in a residential area, narrowly missing a house, a half-mile from the runway. But he said there were apparently no regulations that would have kept her on the ground.
. Jessica had asked her excitedly. All 110 aboard killed.
Tom Johnson, a 15-year pilot, said he saw the plane shortly after takeoff, and it appeared the pilot was trying to return to the airport in the face of the rain and snow. Shortly before takeoff this morning, Jessica told a reporter for Cheyenne television station KKTU that she thought about one thing when flying: crashing. Several years ago, the Guinness Book of Records ceased recognizing the "youngest pilot" category for fear of encouraging unsafe flights. Heather Wessley of Wyoming Public radio reports that Jessica Dubroff was flying a four-seat Cessna with her father and her flight instructor. WASHINGTON The plane crash that killed 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff stemmed from her instructor's poor judgment in letting her take off in a snowstorm, federal
Meanwhile, standing before the spot where her daughter died in the crumpled wreckage of a single-engine plane, Lisa Blair Hathaway on Friday defended her decision to allow Jessica to attempt a cross-country flight. At the Three-Zero Cafe at Half Moon Bay Airport, where Jessica took her lessons, owner Mark Smith said, "We're all just stunned. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. A solo pilot of a plane must be at least 16 years old.
But within hours of the crash, Federal authorities announced that they would re-examine existing regulations on underage pilots. Jess did what she enjoyed: She had a full, wonderful, wonderful, exquisite life.".
But a person of any age may fly next to a licensed pilot, who may let them take control if he or she feels it is safe to do so. I had two hours of sleep last night.". The Mayor of Cheyenne, Leo Pando, broke down at a news conference here this morning, saying that Jessica had reminded him of his own daughter, who died in a flood 11 years ago at the age of 16. Jessica Dubroff, her father and her flight instructor were killed just after taking flight from Cheyenne in 1996. Fuel spilled but there was no fire.
"The Guinness Book of Records" had ceased recognizing the "youngest pilot" category for fear of encouraging unsafe flights.
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"I'm going to take what has happened and let myself be with it," said Ms. Hathaway. And any of those things can upset an airplane.".
"I was shocked to see an airplane taking off in these weather conditions -- my wipers on high speed could barely keep up," said Mel Montoya, a clerk at a Sam's Club store who was stopped in his car at an intersection near the airport. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, By FROM NEWS WIRE SERVICESBUSINESS, FROM NEWS WIRE SERVICES "It's been a long day," she said then. Asked if Jessica ever expressed a fear of flying, Ms. Hathaway said: "She didn't have it in her vocabulary.". 2001 The crew of a damaged US Navy EP-3 electronic surveillance aircraft is released from Chinese custody, 10 days after their plane collided in midair with a Chinese Shenyang J-8 fighter jet and was forced to land.. 1996 Jessica Dubroff, a seven-year-old whose parents claimed she was the youngest pilot in history to attempt to fly across the 
WebThe brown-haired, 4 feet 2 Jessica Dubroff had flown out of Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday and executed a flawless landing in high winds that evening here in Cheyenne. The three had taken off yesterday morning from Half Moon Bay, Calif., aiming to arrive tomorrow in Falmouth, Mass., after overnight stops in Cheyenne and Fort Wayne, Ind. Steve McCreary said the single-engine Cessna that crashed near a northern Cheyenne house during a thunderstorm Thursday morning, killing the 7-year-old girl, her father, Lloyd, and flight instructor Joe Reid, was overweight because of "personal effects.". "There's a lot of great pilots out there of any age," she said. Barely 12 hours later Jessica was dead. The girl, who would have turned 8 on May 5, said she wanted to be a professional pilot. Flyers must be 16 to hold a license under FAA rules.
Contributing factors included the flight instructor pushing an extremely tight schedule in order to meet media commitments surrounding the hype around Dubroffs attempt. 2 biplane in Paris. The Mayor said Jessica had told him she drew up the flight plans herself, picking Cheyenne as the first stop after calculating how far a tank of gas would take her from her home in California. In the case of someone younger, they are considered to be a passenger in the plane and the flight instructor is legally responsible for flying the aircraft.
Fuel spilled, but there was no fire, officials said. He said she "dragged her mother and me into this" and was not pushed by parental ambition. On the last leg of the flight in Appril of 1996, the plane crashed while being piloted by Reid, killing him, Jessica Dubroff and her father Lloyd. "Do you hear the rain?". Mr. Dubroff had said on Tuesday that he had thought of the idea of the cross-country flight after being inspired by a similar odyssey by a little girl a few years ago. Kelly McKnight, a friend of the family, said Ms. Hathaway raised her children without the usual assortment of children's playthings and baby books. DATELINE) NEW YORK, FROM NEWS WIRE SERVICES
"If she can do this, she can do anything," he said.
In an interview with The Times of London she had said she could not wait until she turned 16 and could fly solo. The last youngster listed by Guinness was 9-year-old Rachel Carter of Ramona, Calif., who crossed the continent in 1994. The crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. "I'm going to fly 'til I die. Bad weather forced him to make a hard landing that heavily damaged his original
Updrafts and downdrafts and turbulence, potential for icing, hail, all in one local area. Saddest goodbye 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff was buried April 15 in Pescadero, Calif. She was killed, with her dad and flight instructor, in a plane crash April 10 Showing little of the emotion displayed by many of the strangers who left tokens of their sympathy at the crash site Friday, Ms. Hathaway spoke with great equanimity of her daughter's life and death in terms that appeared to reflect the family's unconventional life in Pescadero, Calif. "I simply am here for my own well-being," said Ms. Hathaway, who has described herself as a "spiritual healer." The crumpled plane had lost its tail and wings.
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Jessica, who would have turned 8 next month, was attempting to become the youngest pilot ever to complete a cross-country flight.
Jessica was breaking no aviation rules when she flew. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. "The plane was struggling and dipping.". "It was very fortunate it didn't hit any houses in the area," he said.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Debris was scattered through the neighborhood. Jessica had been trying to best a cross-country flight record set by a 9-year-old. Even before the crash, the exploits of the spunky, freckle-faced Jessica with her "Women Fly" baseball cap commanded news coverage from coast to coast. Mourners converged on the crash site, where the police had quickly placed a heavy tarpolin over the wreckage, leaving flowers, stuffed animals and written scraps of Bible verse.
I knew no one survived. Heather Wessley of "I beg people to let children fly if they want to fly," a teary-eyed Ms. Hathaway told The Associated Press before flying from Boston to Wyoming to claim her daughter's body.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board found Tuesday that the April 1996 fatal crash of a small plane carrying 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff was probably caused by the pilot's decision to take off in bad weather. All three people in the Cessna 177B were killed just after takeoff from a small airport in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Her mother, Lisa Blair Hathaway, said she heard no word of problems as the three began to take off.
", Her father, Lloyd, said: "She really does love to fly. She had room to be; she had room to have a life. That decision, he said, would have been between the pilot and the Federal Aviation Administration flight controllers. The plane crashed into a swamp in the Everglades. "There was a last-minute attempt by the pilot not to hit houses.".
But she went on to say she did not worry about it. "Have you seen a 7-year-old shine like that?
Jessica Dubroff, a 7-year-old student pilot from Pescadero, Calif., taking off on the second leg of an audacious quest to become the youngest person ever to complete
According to the plans, Reid wasn't supposed to touch the controls except in an emergency. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. "They didn't have the typical toys like Barbie Dolls and race cars. Wheelers owners repeatedly harassed Quinn J. Gambino, a transgender male, includi. They had tools, like hammers and saws," Ms. McKnight said.
I had two hours of sleep last night. 1996 Jessica Dubroff, a seven-year-old whose parents claimed she was the youngest pilot in history to attempt to fly across the United States, dies in a crash while doing just that, along with her flight instructor and her father. Jessica's plane, a Cessna 177B owned by Reid, nose-dived to the ground minutes after taking off at 8:25 a.m., in a thunderstorm that produced heavy rain, snow and 32-mph winds.
The brown-haired, 4 feet 2 Jessica Dubroff had flown out of Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday and executed a flawless landing in high winds that evening here in Cheyenne. "It stalled over my building, winged over and went straight into the ground like a dart," he said. Jessica had written to President Clinton to invite him on a 15-minute plane ride, but her father had said they received a letter saying the president and Mrs. Clinton wouldn't be available Saturday.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE IS INTENDED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING AVIATION ENTHUSIASTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. "I just love to fly," said Jessica.
But Jessica suggested that he may have done so on the first leg of the journey. Flying -- along with riding horses, crafting furniture and even helping rebuild a house -- had been part of home schooling for Jessica and her 9-year-old brother, Joshua. The family is from Pescadero, a rural community about 40 miles south of San Francisco. This week's movie is Sully. We went out for lunch and drove past the crash site itself - I do not recall if we knew it had happened and happened to drive past the wreck, or if we drove past then found out it was the Dubroff plane.
WebDubroff's dream ended Thursday when her Cessna Cardinal 177 crashed shortly after take-off from Cheyenne, Wyoming. WebAlso lived in Cheyenne at the time of this crash.
The group was aiming to arrive in Falmouth, Mass., Friday after another stop in Fort Wayne, Ind. "I do think we should look at it from the view of the judgment made to take off in a small, one-motor private airplane, in light of what I understand was a thunderstorm.
Cooper's 8,000-mile flight was not without difficulty. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 1943 The P-V Engineering Forum PV-2, flown and designed by Frank Piasecki, becomes the second helicopter to complete a successful flight in the United States. Under a cloudless blue sky, Ms. Hathaway, her 9-year-old son, Joshua, and 3-year-old daughter, Jasmine, knelt amid floral displays, teddy bears and poems left near the crash, and sought to explain their family's ability to make peace with Jessica's death.
WebWASHINGTON (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board found Tuesday that the April 1996 fatal crash of a small plane carrying 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff was probably