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Sheriff Casey Sheridan
Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office
(719) 438-5411 | (719) 438-2205
www.kiowasheriff.co
Media Release
Update on Fatal Airplane Crash in Kiowa County on May 18
Eads, Colo. –May 20, 2016 – On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 a
fatal airplane crash occurred in Kiowa County.
The Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office has been informed it could take up to
a year to complete the full investigation.
All media requests for further information will be handled by the NTSB
Public Affairs Office at 202-314-6100.
On
May 18 the Bent/Kiowa County Dispatch received a call just after 9:30 a.m. reporting
that an aircraft had disappeared from radar in the vicinity of the
Kansas/Colorado state line. Multiple
agencies responded to search for a downed aircraft including the Kiowa County
Fire Department, ambulance crews, the Colorado State Patrol, and Kiowa County
Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). Two F16
aircraft and a B1 Bomber were training in the area and also assisted in the
search. The F16 and B1 Bomber pilots quickly located the crash site and lead
rescue personal to the scene.
A
Cessna P210 was found west of County Road 71 approximately three miles north of
Highway 96, in a field northeast of Sheridan Lake. The pilot has been identified as John Lee
Stubblefield, age 64, of Meridian, Idaho.
Stubblefield died in the crash.
The
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB) arrived on Thursday, May 19 to investigate the crash scene. They recovered the aircraft for their investigation
later that evening.
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