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Authorities told FOX Business Sunday that an Award-winning pilot, wife dies in East Texas plane crash and his wife died in a deadly plane crash last week after announcing they had to make an emergency landing “due to oil on the windshield.”
Local media outlet KLTV reported that the couple’s dog was also on board and miraculously survived the horrific accident.
The incident happened in East Texas last Wednesday around 5:30 pm, when the Beechcraft A36 hit the power lines while turning to Brownsboro, said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Authorities added that the small plane went down on a back road in Murchison, according to KLTV.
The Florida Aviation Network identified the victims as Ron and Barbara Timmermans, owners of Orlando-based airline AileRon T LLC.
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Ron and Barbara Timmermans hold their dog in front of a small plane in this undated photo. (Florida Aviation Network / Fox News)
The Bonanza & Baron Pilot Training website notes that Ron was inspired by his wife, Barbara, to become a flight instructor, and the couple flew extensively in the US, Canada, and the Bahamas.
Footage from the crash scene showed the Timmermans’ plane lying on the ground nose-down with its tail sticking up into the sky.
When the couple died in the incident, their little dog miraculously survived and was taken by the villagers from the accident site, KLTV reported.
“The dog was alive, so one of the neighbors took the dog in to take care of it,” said resident Mary Ann Shoulders.
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Ron Timmermans was named the 2021 National Aviation Coach of the Year. (Florida Aviation Network / Fox News)
Ron was reportedly an aviation instructor and had been providing pro bono services to the Florida Aviation Network since 2017.
The network described Ron as an important figure in the aviation community. He was named the 2021 National Aviation Instructor of the Year in an awards program sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration.
“Ron has been an integral part of training hundreds of pilots over the years,” the agency told KLTV. “He has done hundreds of hours of interviews with people in the aviation industry. He is the mastermind behind our online conversations. He was the 2021 National Aviation Educator of the Year. He and Barbara will be greatly missed.”
A Beechcraft A36 Bonanza single-engine aircraft in flight on June 27, 2014. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images)
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The NTSB said the crash is still under investigation and officials have retrieved equipment that may have contained information about the crash.
The wreckage was recovered in a secure location for further testing.
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FOX Business has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration for more information.
