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ET TN NTE TREE, NS ree 2 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 2, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Pilot killed after ultralight slams into Nestleton field Saturday's accident claims life of 74-year-old Wilfred Grignon By Rik Davie Port Perry Star A pilot with more than 50 years experience in the air is dead after a single- engine closed-cockpit ultralight plane crashed short of the runway at a Nestleton area landing strip on the weekend. Emergency crews responded to the airstrip on the north side of Hwy. 7A, just west of the village of Nestleton, around | p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 29) after witnesses on the ground and another in the air reported a plane in trouble. Staff-Sergeant Jim Douglas of North Durham's 26 Division told The Star another pilot fly- ing behind the plane said the engine of the doomed craft was "revving up then down erratically." Rick Pilsen of the Transport Safety Board is investigating the acci- dent. "He was an experi- enced pilot but whether his license was up to date SEIS Mra hot ae we do not know," Mr. Pilsen said. "We do know that he owned the plane and that he was up on his first solo flight in the plane." According to witnesses on the ground the plane nose-dived into a field about 100 metres short of the runway where most of the aerial sequences for the film 'Fly Away Home', about local ultralight pilot and naturalist Bill Lishman, was filmed. The field is a favorite airstrip for ultralight pilots, some in planes that appear like regular aircraft. The pilot, 74-year-old Wilfred Grignon, who Staff-Sgt. Douglas said was an experienced flyer, was killed on impact and had to be cut from the wreckage of his single- engine Buccaneer amphibious aircraft. Transport Canada investigators say that while there is a certifica- tion process for ultra-light aircraft, it is not as strin- KINGS BAY| GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Search out your new community Golf Course and enjoy! ali in eo Bat Le san a, Fre. " fall [Shee CLEMENTS ROAD Emergency crews were called to a Nestleton-area field last Saturday afternoon when a ultralight air- craft crashed into a field, about 100 metres short of gent as for a regular pilot's license. "Our preliminary find- ing seems to be that the pilot lost control of the craft and stalled it causing 4 km. to SEAGRAVE 6 km. to PORT PERRY him to impact the field very hard," Mr. Pilsen said. Mr. Pilsen said that he is awaiting the reports from an autopsy before a runway. Transport Safety Board officials were on hand at the crash scene to investigate the accident, which claimed the life of a 74-year-old man. entirely ruling out other factors in the crash. He also said he will be reviewing the instruction level given before the fatal solo flight. Residents at the site of the crash were hurriedly removing wreckage in a pick-up truck Sunday morning and refused access to media. © 188 MARY STREET, PORT PERRY (905) 985-7383 OCTOBER SALE SALE ENDS McDERMID Telefax® Rolls F72-CSO1 Telefax 1,000 8-1/2" x 98' roll. 2.69 roll. 8-1/2" x 148' roll. 4.49 roll. (OT Gl [NO JN - 10 <3 2 SR: J I PAVE McDERMID "Grade A" Bond Adding Machine Rolls A22-07 21/4 x 294° 10 rolls per pack. (81-0F 1-7/16" x 3" 4.99 pack. (81-0K 1-3/4" x 3" 5.29 pack. L11-06 White/ Yellow Autocopy. Ten 3" x 3" x 90' rolls ps one Black/Red rib- bon.