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For More Information:
Fran Strebing
309.663.7384
309.275.5054
(Bloomington, IL /April 7, 2015/8:05 a.m.)….This morning, Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at approximately
12:15 a.m. Peoria air traffic control notified Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority of an aircraft due back
to the Central Illinois Regional Airport that had failed to close its flight plan. The aircraft, a twin engine
C414A Cessna Chancellor, left Indianapolis, Indiana a little after midnight EST. Bloomington-Normal
Airport Authority personnel responded to the airport to determine if the aircraft had landed on airport and
had not notified Peoria air traffic control. A thorough search inside the fence on airport property
determined that the aircraft was not on airport.
Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority, Bloomington Fire Department, Bloomington Police, Normal
Police and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department began to conduct a search in the surrounding area and
the crashed aircraft was located in a farm field on the ground approximately one mile east and north of the
airport between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m.
RESPONDING AGENCIES:
Bloomington Fire Department
Bloomington Police Department
Normal Police Department
McLean County Sheriff’s Department
McLean County Coroner’s Office
Towanda Fire Department
McLean County Emergency Management Agency
Illinois State Police
Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority
The FAA and the NTSB are en-route to the scene. Once the aircraft has been released it will be brought
back to CIRA and be secured in a hangar during the accident investigation process. The BloomingtonNormal Airport Authority has no other information at this time. A press conference will be held at noon
today at the McLean County Sheriff’s Department, 104 W. Front Street, Bloomington, Il in the Sheriff’s
conference room. There will be no impact on regular airport operations. ##
Carl G. Olson, Executive Director
3201 CIRA Drive
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Earl Kingman
Suite 200
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J. Jay Allen
David Colee
Bloomington, IL 61704
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Alan Sender
309-663-7384
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Kurt Bock
Beth Whisman
Fax 309-663-2430
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John Hanson
www.cira.com