TRAGIC! Nigerian Pilot, Mike Ukaere Dies Flying Alone After His Plane Crashed (Photo)

A small airplane was found in the Everglades, along with the body of a pilot, after the plane had gone missing, Wednesday night.

According to Miami-Dade Police, they received a call from the owner of Dean International Flight School regarding the missing plane at 10:19 p.m., Wednesday, and dispatched an Air Rescue unit. The Cessna 152 single-engine airplane was later found at 1:58 a.m., Thursday, in an area seven miles west of Homestead General Aviation.
7Skyforce HD hovered above the mangled aircraft. The pilot’s body lay on the grass several feet away. It is believed the dead pilot was Nigerian, Mark Ukaere.
Ukaere’s roommates said he is a licensed pilot working on an an advanced certification. He has been missing since Saturday night.
According to Robert Dean, the owner of the flight school, the pilot took off without permission at 8:50 p.m. “The individual was qualified to fly the aircraft, but he broke every single company policy,” he said.
Dean said they conducted their own search before contacting the FBI and local authorities, Wednesday morning. “In our minds, we thought that he had already taken off, and he was doing what’s called a solo cross country,” he said. “Sunday went by. People went looking for the aircraft but could not find it, and then Tuesday was the holiday, the Fourth of July.”
Moreover, Dean said, Ukaere was not supposed to be flying in the dark without a co-pilot. “He took off, and he went to what’s basically called ‘the black hole,'” he said. “It’s completely pitch dark there. You really don’t know whether you’re right side up or upside down.”
A trainer at the school said flying solo should only come after years of experience. “You take your time, you log your hours, but those hours do not really guarantee the right experience or the right to control the aircraft,” he said. “Some people get it in 20, some people get it in 60. So it is really sad, but it is not discouraging at all because it is motivation to investigate that occurrence — what happened, what was the effect of it and to learn from it.”
In the case of this week’s Everglades crash, Dean said, by the time the pilot realized he was in trouble, it was too late. “Flying in a ‘black hole,’ the plane spirals down and crashes straight in,” he said.
The downed Cessna is the same plane that made an emergency landing on Tamiami Trail in Collier County, back in December 2015. The pilot was not hurt.
While crews work to recover the aircraft’s remains from a remote, hard-to-reach area, the flight school is dealing with the loss of a pilot. “It’s horrible,” said Dean. “He was a very nice person, was friendly with everybody up here, but, you know, he didn’t follow the rules.”
The flight school has yet to release an official statement. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.

Posted: at 7-07-2017 01:40 PM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero

poster!

dis ur caption sef eh, na wa o

what was he flying with after his plane crashed?

...with parachute or another plane

Posted: at 7-07-2017 05:03 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

I think u need to reread the capture b4 disgracing urself here.
what is "PILOT" stands for??

Posted: at 7-07-2017 08:13 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Oh RIP.Why did u not follow flying rules?Now the situation has turned out hopeless.Morbidly hopeless.

Posted: at 8-07-2017 09:27 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac