Loss of control probable cause of crash that killed Dubuque doctor / Senate candidate

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Just saw this;

An airplane crash that claimed the life of a Dubuque physician who was running for the U.S. Senate on the Libertarian Party ticket was due to a loss of control, according to federal investigators.

59-year-old Dr. Doug Butzier’s plane crashed about 11 p.m. October 13, 2014 about a mile north of the Dubuque Regional Airport. He was on his way to Dubuque from Ankeny and was the only one in the plane at the time of the crash.

Butzier worked as an emergency room physician at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque. He was running against Republican Joni Ernst, Democrat Bruce Braley, and three other candidates in Iowa’s U.S. Senate.

The National Transportation Safety Board report states investigators did not find any issues with the airplane that might have contributed to the wreck.

RIP Doctor Butzier.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Very unfortunate.

Some years ago the FAA did a study that indicated doctors were four times as likely to have fatal plane crashes in private aircraft than pilots from any other profession. I used to work as a flight instructor and everybody had stories about doctor-pilots. Still, it's sad when it happens, to doctors or anybody else.