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                        DATE: 132 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2008
MEMORANDUM FOR:         THE RECORD
FROM:                   PIERCE
SUBJECT:                AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, 10 MILES WEST OF NEEDLES, CA,08/12/08
EVENT:                  ACCIDENT INFO: PLANE WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT TEN FEET AGL                         ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF NEEDLES, CA AND THEN DOWN TO 3                             FEET AND WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE I-40 AT                            805 PDT. THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE PLANE WAS KILLED. THE 3                         OCCUPANTS IN THE AUTOMOBILE WERE TREATED FOR MINOR                                INJURIES.
                        PILOT NAME...SHEETS GENE A
                        ACFT TYPE...TITAN TORNADO 2: HOME BUILT
                        REG NMBR....N3156B
OFFICE:                 WFO VEF
DEATHS:                 1
INJURIES:               3
OBSERVATIONS:           NEEDLES AIRPORT
                        METAR KEED 121556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/05 A2978 RMK                          AO2 SLP047 T03390050 TSNO
                        METAR KEED 121456Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 32/04 A2977 RMK                          AO2 SLP043 T03220044 51014 TSNO
                        METAR KEED 121356Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 30/04 A2976 RMK                          AO2 SLP039 T03000039 TSNO
TAF:
                        KEED 121120Z 121212 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
                        FM2000 18010KT P6SM SKC
                        FM0300 22008KT P6SM FEW150
                    
IN FLIGHT   
ADVISORIES:             NONE.                       
COMMENTS:               NONE.
SYSTEMS:                UNKNOWN.