zachary schlitt
Darien Peckham, 35, hometown unknown, and Zachary Schlitt, 28, hometown unknown, are reported to have been flying from Tallahassee, Fla., to Vandenberg Airport in Tampa, Fla., when their twin-engine, fixed-wing aircraft crashed into the Gulf. [1]
The people on the plane were identified by the Coast Guard as Darien Peckham, 35, and Zachary Schlitt, 28. [2]
Zachary Schlitt, a University of Florida graduate, was a real estate acquisitions manager at Boos Development Group. [3]
The plane carrying Zachary Schlitt, left, and Darien Peckham likely crashed about 6:45 p.m. [4]
The search is still on for a plane carrying 35 year-old Darien Peckham and 28 year-old Zachary Schlitt, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard. [5]
Authorities say 35-year-old Darien Peckham and 28-year-old Zachary Schlitt are missing. [6]
- The Coast Guard is continuing its search for two people in the water after a private aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico at about 7:30 p.m. [1]
Rescuers were searching Monday morning for a private plane carrying two people that may have crashed into the Gulf of Mexico about 20 miles southwest of Yankeetown in Levy County Sunday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. [2]
TAMPA - An 87-foot Coast Guard cutter will search all night for two pilots whose plane apparently crashed Sunday into the Gulf of Mexico, authorities say. [4]
U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews spent Monday looking for an airplane that departed from Tallahassee Regional Airport and disappeared while traversing the Gulf of Mexico Sunday evening. [5]
TAMPA ? The girlfriend of Darrien Peckham, one of the men missing in a small plane believed to have crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday night, said in an interview that the Tampa man insisted that she not come along because of her fear of flying. [3]
Along with boat crews from Coast Guard stations in Yankeetown and Sand Key, search crews aboard a Jayhawk helicopter and a HC-130 Hercules were flying over the water Monday in search of the men. [...] The pair were headed from Tallahassee to Vandenberg Airport in Tampa when their twin-engine, fixed-wing plane crashed around 7:30 p.m. [6]
As of Tuesday morning, a Coast Guard boat was still looking for the men, focusing on two areas where debris — a seat and a flight bag containing aviation headphones — was found Monday. [3]
Peckham, a nuclear medicine technologist, started his career at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, said his friend, John Cox. [4]
Sources:
[1] **UPDATE** Coast Guard continues search for 2 after plane crashes in Gulf (www.piersystem.com/go/doc/586/
[2] Coast Guard searching for two in Gulf plane crash | Gainesville.com … (www.gainesville.com/article/
[3] Search on for missing plane, two men (blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/
[4] Search In Gulf Continues For Pair On Missing Plane (tbo.com/content/2008/nov/30/010954/…
[5] Updated: Coast Guard to release information on missing plane crash … (tallahassee.com/article/20081201/
[6] www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/120108/D94PUDFO0.shtml (www.jacksonville.com/apnews/