Idaho Runway Collision Kills Three

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the runway collision of two Cessna 172s at McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) in central Idaho on May 2. An FAA spokesman said a landing Cessna with two people aboard struck another Cessna, with four people aboard. The pilot of the Cessna 172 on the runway, and two of his grandsons, ages one and six, died at the scene. Another grandson, age two, was flown to the University of Utah Burn Center with third-degree burns where he is listed in critical condition. The pilot of the other aircraft and passenger pulled the two-year-old from the burning plane. Both were treated and released from McCall Memorial Hospital. The arriving aircraft took off from Felts Field in Spokane, WA headed for McCall Municipal Airport. The deceased pilot had left the airport at Caldwell, ID with his three grandchildren an hour prior to the collision at McCall.