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UPDATE: Banner Plane Down in Dias Creek
DIAS CREEK - On Thursday July 22 , at approximately 11:40 a.m., Middle Township Police received numerous "911" calls of a plane down in the Marsh off Pierce's Point Road.
This area is also just several yards east of the back bay area.
Emergency responders responded to the scene within minutes, and could only watch from afar.
Pilot Dave Masterson, age 23 from North Cape May, stood in the marsh attempting to retrieve his banner located several hundred yards from where he set his plane down.
Upon further investigation, it was learned that Masterson, a pilot with six years of flying experience who works for Paramount Air Service flying banner advertisements around the shore communities, had just taken off from the runway in Green Creek.
He immediately experienced engine trouble.
Masterson found a wide open area away from populated areas and released the banner advertisement from his plane. Next, Masterson made a safe landing in the marsh, north of the runway and banner.
Meanwhile, rescue workers from Green Creek Fire Company, Rio Grande Fire Company, Court House and Rio Grande Rescue Squads, The Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, and Middle Township Police worked to find a way to access the pilot and his plane.
Calls were then made to the Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police to respond with a helicopter to extract the pilot.
The owner of King Nummy Campground, Jim Ernst, and his workers as well as John Carlson, owner of Acorn Campground, provided quads, aerial photos, maps and manpower to assist with the rescue.
William "Doc" Daughenbaugh, a pilot with the Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control, then arrived on scene and was able to set his chopper down on the marsh and recover the pilot safely.
Masterson was not injured as a result of the crash. Daughenbaugh then provided aerial support as investigators took photos of the crash scene from his helicopter.
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Mon, 07/26/2010 - 9:53am - Posted by: cmcrepublican
that kid was working for a different company
Mon, 07/26/2010 - 9:20am - Posted by: Steam Roller
To cmcrepublican........."Never Lost Anyone?? How about the Banner Boy that got tangled in a banner and fell to his death in the early eighties......and strommy is correct!!!! He did see duct tape!!
Sat, 07/24/2010 - 1:00am - Posted by: uniquelifocused
Very nicely put cmcrepublican! Agreed!
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 11:03am - Posted by: cmcrepublican
Strommy, you obviously know know nothing about aviation, those planes are made of a stretched canvas outer-shel that is painted the grey that makes it look like duct tape, each plane used in any commercial operation are inspected by the federal govt, the state and an independent avation inspector every season. you are obviously have some personal gripe about the planes or the family that runs the business - please stick to things that you may have some actual knowledge of and leave your uninformed opinions to yourself.
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 9:21am - Posted by: Strommy
On a positive note davmast, I am serious when I say I am glad you were able to land safely. While I am obivouly not a fan of Banner planes I certainly do not want to see anyone hurt.
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 9:17am - Posted by: Strommy
Sorry to inform you davmast I happened to be visiting in Reeds Beach last year when a Banner plane went down there and all I can say is I have never seen so much duct tape used to hold the console together. Everyone was amazed that the pile of junk was able to fly at all. And I have friends who live in Burleigh just two blocks from where another poorly maintained flying junk heap crashed as well. While you claim you plane may be well maintained you are the exception and not the rule from what I have witnessed.
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 8:10am - Posted by: cmcrepublican
the pilot had good training and avoided any injury to himself or others. stuff does happen. strommy, this company has operated since 1945 and has never lost a pilot or killed anyone, it is one of the safest airplane companies in the world, flying is a dangerous occupation
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 7:04am - Posted by: bdcm
Those that know, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Great job preventing loss of life on the ground.
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:26pm - Posted by: davmast
hey strommy. this is the pilot that went down. just before you blame people, why don't you learn the facts. the plane i was flying is our newest airplane. built only two years ago. the engine was overhauled to a perfect state only two years ago. sometimes ****** happens. just think if the media got this excited every time a car's engine stalled.
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 8:31pm - Posted by: king of the shoobies
sounds like a little overkill on the amount of rescue needed on scene
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 1:21pm - Posted by: Strommy
Here we go again, Banner Planes falling out of the sky. Most of those planes are flying piles of Junk. Is someone going to have to be killed before they start doing something about them?