CAP pilot and his wife killed in plane crash

[DrJbdm]

  It is with profound sadness that I tell you that yesterday evening near Conroe, Texas, Lt Col Dan Williams and his wife were killed in a plane crash. This was not a CAP flight. Dan was flying a twin engine BeechCraft to Williams Airport to see his Daughter who arrived shortly after the crash. He was the commander of the Austin Kittinger-Phantom Senior Squadron, and was also the Deputy Group III Commander-South.

  Dan was a great pilot, he was a commercial rated pilot who flew professionally, I had taken my Form 91 checkride with him and had also flown several missions with him as well, this is a loss that is beyond words. I will post any further details once they become available, but from eyewitness accounts, it looks as if Dan was attempting to land and had to do a go-around when he entered in to a departure stall and banked hard right into the ground, just behind a house.

   Please pray for the family and friends of Lt. Col. Williams. This is a loss that will effect TX Wing for along time to come. It is all of our loss.

[James Shaw]

My thoughts and prayers will be with his family.

[Major Carrales]

The deepest condolences from the CAP Officers and Cadets of the Corpus Christi Composite Squadron.  Our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbors to the north.

-Major Joe Ely Carrales, CAP

[caprr275]

God speed and good tailwinds 

[SAR-EMT1]

My thoughts are with the family.

[Nolan Teel]

We all lost a good friend! God Speed Dan!