klwillis45
11-29-2005, 05:48 PM
Drunk flying is cheaper here in WI. (Not to mention way cooler!!!)
TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 2005, 10:41 a.m.
Pilot of plane that crashed in Riverwest was drunk
The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed Nov. 12 in Milwaukee's densely populated Riverwest was legally drunk, police said today.
David J. Betts, 37, of Elkhorn, had a blood alcohol level above the state limit of 0.08, said Milwaukee police Deputy Chief Brian O'Keefe. He declined to give the exact figure. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office are reviewing the case, he said.
The crash was blamed on power failure, according to preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Betts, who was not injured, made an emergency landing at 6:20 p.m. near N. Humboldt Blvd. and E. Clarke St. The Piper plane took off from the Westosha Airport at Wilmot about two hours before it crashed into a utility pole in an alley. No one on the ground was injured.
If Betts is prosecuted and convicted under Wisconsin law for flying drunk, he faces a fine ranging from $10 to $100, O'Keefe said. Milwaukee police are working with state legislators to have the fines increased, he said.
-By John Diedrich www.jsonline.com
WTF???????
TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 2005, 10:41 a.m.
Pilot of plane that crashed in Riverwest was drunk
The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed Nov. 12 in Milwaukee's densely populated Riverwest was legally drunk, police said today.
David J. Betts, 37, of Elkhorn, had a blood alcohol level above the state limit of 0.08, said Milwaukee police Deputy Chief Brian O'Keefe. He declined to give the exact figure. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office are reviewing the case, he said.
The crash was blamed on power failure, according to preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Betts, who was not injured, made an emergency landing at 6:20 p.m. near N. Humboldt Blvd. and E. Clarke St. The Piper plane took off from the Westosha Airport at Wilmot about two hours before it crashed into a utility pole in an alley. No one on the ground was injured.
If Betts is prosecuted and convicted under Wisconsin law for flying drunk, he faces a fine ranging from $10 to $100, O'Keefe said. Milwaukee police are working with state legislators to have the fines increased, he said.
-By John Diedrich www.jsonline.com
WTF???????