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Friday (01.04.02) in California, Sunday (01.06.02) in FL, CA, CO, PR,
perhaps MT, and now MI too. All Cessnas.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2002
Sturgis, Michigan
Sturgis Journal
Plane crash lands
[Photo: Lawrence Werschky and his family walked away from his Cessna 414
after it crash landed in a field west of Sturgis Sunday. Below, a piece of
the wing of the plane was lodged in a tree.]
By CLIFFORD JEFFERY STURGIS JOURNAL
A Sturgis family who left Kirsch Municipal Airport at about 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, didn't make it to their final destination.
Dr. Lawrence Werschky, 62, of Sturgis, was flying his Cessna 414 twin-engine
plane out of Sturgis with his wife and father on board when he called the
Kalamazoo airport shortly after takeoff to report an emergency.
The Kalamazoo tower notified Riley Aviation at the Sturgis airport,
according to the Michigan State Police.
Werschky reported having engine trouble that resulted in one of the two
engines quitting, said Sturgis police Sgt. David Ives. Werschky tried to
land at the Sturgis airport.
Residents in Sturgis reported seeing the plane circling the city at a low
altitude.
Fire and rescue trucks were dispatched to meet the crippled plane at the
airport, but it never reached the runway.
When Werschky first tried to land the plane and failed, he circled southwest
of the airport to try again. But the plane went down before reaching the
airport.
The Cessna hit in a field between Balk and Stubey roads on the south side of
U.S. 12. It skidded across the road, coming to rest between two large trees
on the north side of the highway. Both wings were severed from the fuselage,
Ives said.
Brothers Bob and Andy Spence were outside their home on U.S. 12 and saw the
plane come to rest just yards away.
"It slid across the road. (The pilot and passengers) got out right away,"
11-year-old Andy Spence said. "There was gas everywhere," 15-year-old Bob
Spence said. "We ran in and told our mom a plane crashed. She didn't believe
us until she looked out the window."
Sturgis Fire and Rescue and Tri-township Fire Department personnel responded
to the scene. They found the three passengers with only minor injuries. The
plane was leaking more than 1,000 pounds of fuel, according to the Sturgis
Fire Department.
Werschky and his wife were treated for minor injuries. The plane is beyond
repair, according to police.
[Credit: Richard Hendricks]
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