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wrtr4tt wfiiwvt 25000 copies vol 2 no 16 a metroland community newspaper saturday april 19 1986 40 pages 25 cents investigators probe the wreck of a twinengine six- passenger piper aerostar aircraft after it crashed in an open field minutes after takeoff from buttonville air port thursday morning pilot robert allan 25 of pick ering died after being transported to sunnybrook medic al centre by air ambulance his quick thinking is cre dited for saving the others aboard the plane four pas sengers including one from union ville and another from stouffville were injured in the crash sjoerd witteveen investigation continues pilot dies after crash by greg coates staff reporter the cause of thursdays plane crash in buttonville which killed a 25yearold pickering pilot and injured four others including residents of unionvil- le and stouffville remains a mystery to investigators the twinengine six- passenger piper aerostar crashed about 730 am in an open field adjacent to george knudsons golf centre shortly after takeoff from buttonville airport pilot robert allan was rushed by air ambulance to sunnyb rook medical centre where he later died its reported mr allan was thrown forward and struck his head on the aircrafts instrument panel upon impact passengers john simpell 38 of unionville william guest 39 of stouffville and john camp bell 38 of toronto were taken to york central hospital with various minor injuries a fourth passenger allan shi- sido 40 of brampton was transferred to toronto general hospital where he remains in serious condition after explora tory surgery broken ankle mr simpell mr guest and mr campbell are listed in stable condition with back and abdominal injuries mr guest also suffered a broken ankle in the crash the four men are longtime friends and were going on a golf vacation in charlotte north carolina the plane is owned by gilbert storey c machinery ltd of markham york regional police said the accident took place seconds af ter the plane left the runway a reliable source with a sound aviation background said the aircraft was late getting into the air and barely cleared hydro wires at the end of the runway it took the whole runway to get off the ground which is very unusual said the source he added the pilot may have attempted a wing stall to keep the plane from crashing nose first pilot credited the plane tore through trees and landed in a muddy open field mr allan a wellqualified pilot with more than 2500 flying hours is credited with saving the lives of his passengers by making an emergency landing in the field pieces of the planes tail and wings were scattered across the crash site just south of a wood bine ave farmhouse among the wreckage were golf bags and luggage emergency crews from but tonville airport markham fire department york regional police and york regions ambulance services attended the scene deputy fire chief bob reid said the pilot was trapped in the wreckage and that two of the passengers had apparently crawled out of the plane on their own mr reid credited emergency personnel with doing an excellent job everything went very smoothly he said i thought it worked out very well the accident is being investi gated by the canadian aviation safety board whats inside jacqaesloic lorioz emcee of extra vaganza12 directory comment p4 entertainment p12 to p14 sports p22 to p24 childrens page p27 real estate p28 to p33 classified p34 to 39