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Ms. Whitfield said, however, that her computer records may have a six to eight week delay, and it is possible that Mr. Peoples did indeed have the required medical exam, and may have completed training for an instrument flight rating.
Mr. Peoples had not filed a flight plan for their trip home, which made the search for them all the more difficult. According to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) head investigator Beverly Johnson, flight plans are not required to be filed, though it is a good practice to do so.
Robert Stanley, one of the airport managers at Shannon Airport, said that he had refueled the Peoples’ plane at about 12:15 p.m. on Aug. 16. He said the weather there that day was cloudy, and it had rained earlier in the day. He did not recall Mr. Peoples discussing any of his flight plans.
Because of the absence of a flight plan, it took eight days to locate the plane. According to Robbie Brockwehl, an information officer of the National Park Service, The Civil Air Patrol had been searching for the plane since it was reported missing, and finally located it on Compton’s Peak last Wednesday about lp.m. „
She said that once it was discovered that the Peoples had refueled in Fredericksburg, the FAA and Virginia Department of Emergency Services determined that the plane may have crashed in Shenandoah National Park.
Ms. Brockwehl said that 50 people were involved in the search, including the Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference, the Virginia Department of Emergency Services, U.S. Park Police and other park service personnel, the NTSB and i others. The bodies of all five victims were carried out from the crash site at 1 p.m. last Thursday.
See Crash, Page A-6
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