The witness then landed his airplane on runway 26 and began to taxi east on the adjacent taxiway. He described the pilot’s voice as, “shrill” and, “excited.” The witness stated that the call was also unusual because Redlands airport uses a right-hand traffic pattern for that runway. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.Ī witness, who was flying in the traffic pattern at Redlands airport, stated hearing a pilot report on the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) that he was approaching the left downwind for runway 26. The local personal flight departed French Valley Airport, Murrieta/Temecula, California, at 1602, with a planned destination of Redlands Municipal Airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot/co-owner and private pilot co/owner passenger were killed. The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. On September 16, 2009, at 1642 Pacific daylight time, an experimental light-sport airplane, Quad City Challenger II, N732LS, collided with terrain in a citrus grove during the landing approach to Redlands Municipal Airport, Redlands, California.
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