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experienced an engine failure on take-off due to foreign material, improper maintenance, and improper procedures. All eight persons aboard (seven passengers and one crew member) were killed.
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was started by John and Elizabeth Seibold and their single engine Cessna airplane in
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Arizona in 1997 with Monument Valley in the background
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743:. London: Studio Editions.
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557:Gunston 1993, p.270
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713:2011-02-22 at the
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1048:Ravn Alaska
1028:Kenmore Air
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