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Thursday, June 17, 1999
Officials Research Causes
Of Horace Williams Crash
The pilot of a plane that
crashed at Horace Williams
Airport last week says he
remembers nothing.
Ted Stokley
Staff Writer
Investigators are looking for answers
following the crash of a Cessna 152 air
plane involving a local man at Horace
Williams Airport in Chapel Hill.
Roderick Farb, 52, of Cedar Grove,
was injured during a failed landing
attempt on June 5.
William Sawyer, vice president of the
Chapel Hill Flying Club, said the acci
dent occurred when the plane touched
down too far down the runway, and
Farb’s attempt to lift off again resulted in
the plane crashing into the woods near
the airport.
“It was a matter that he made the
right decision, but made it later than
optimal,” Sawyer said.
Farb, currently in good condition at
UNC Hospitals, said he was unable to
recall any details of the accident.
“I don’t remember anything about
it,” Farb said.
Sawyer said this was common in acci
dents of this nature.
“It’s not uncommon for memory loss
prior to the accident,” he said.
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“Sometimes your memory isn’t as sharp
as it should be.”
Tisha Kincy, staff assistant for the
National Transportation Safety Board,
said Jeff Kennedy was in charge of the
NTSB’s investigation into the accident,
but was unavailable for comment
Carolyn Elfland, UNC associate
chancellor for auxiliary services, said the
Federal Aviation Administration and
University Police
were working to
determine the
cause of the crash.
“The FAA does
their investiga
tion,” Elfland said.
“The UNC police
do their investiga
tion. The police
and FAA are coop
erating on the mat
ter.”
“The UNC police do their
investigation. The police and
FAA are cooperating on the
matter”
Carolyn Elfland
UNC Chancellor for Auxiliary Services
Elfland said an official statement
could take some time, because the FAA
was so thorough.
“It takes several months for the FAA
to come up with a definite cause,”
Elfland said.
The accident comes after the
University had cut down surrounding
trees to improve visibility at the airport
Elfland said the FAA requested the
changes so the airport would meet safe
ty regulations.
Elfland said the airport had to
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remove trees located near both ends of
the runway, or the FAA would prohibit
instrumental approaches, which involve
planes using Global Position Satellites to
land during the night and in conditions
of limited visibility.
“The FAA told us to cut the trees
down or they would take instrumental
approaches away,” Elfland said.
Additional clearing will be done to
meet FAA require
ments, although
the FAA has issued
no deadline, stat
ing the airport
need only make
reasonable
progress.
Elfland said she
did not think the
FAA would
require further
measures in light
of the accident
“I believe the requirements will
remain the same,” Elfland said. “I don’t
really envision them changing any cri
teria . The crash wasn’t related to any
tree or they would have told us already.”
Farb also said he did not believe the
renovations were responsible for the
accident “I don’t think it had anything
to do with it”
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Rail Plan Receives Federal Funding
Triangle Transit Authority
officials say sl2 million is
only a fraction of the cost
of the regional rail system.
By Jim Harris
Staff Writer
The Triangle Transit Authority plan
to connect Wake, Orange and Durham
counties with a rail system received sl2
million on June 8 from the House
Appropriations Committee.
Although the sl2 million would
greatly benefit TTA, officials said they
needed more money before the concep
tual ideas can become reality.
John Roberson, TTA senior trans
portation engineer, said the recent
appropriation would definitely be useful
but not sufficient.
“Continual appropriations from the
federal level will allow the project to
move forward,” Roberson said. “Don’t
get me wrong, this is very positive.
“However, this is part of our current
financial plan - nothing new or surpris
ing.”
Juanita Shearer-Swink, another TTA
senior transportation planner, said the
cost estimation for the Phase 1 project,
which links Cary, Durham and Raleigh
with a rail system, was incredibly high.
She said the project would demand
appropriations from not only the feder
al government but state and local gov
ernments as well.
“The overall cost of the Phase 1 pro
ject in the fiscal year 1997 is $250 mil
lion and the federal share of that is $ 100
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million,” she said. “The federal govern
ment will pay 50 percent while state and
local governments each pay 25 percent
of the cost.”
Shearer-Swink said taxes for state res
idents would not necessarily rise
because a method to earn the 25 percent
needed from the regional sector would
be effective.
“The state government gives Wake,
Orange and Durham counties permis
sion to levy a $5 charge on automobile
registration and a 5 percent rental car
charge,” she said. “This profit will give
TTA the proper amount of money they
need from the local and regional gov
ernments.
“Furthermore, after the initial cost of
completing Phase 1, the $5 charge for
automobile registration and the 5 per
cent rental car taxation will supply
enough money to maintain the opera
tion of the rail system alone.”
Joe Capowski, Chapel Hill Town
Council member, said although Phase 1
did not include Chapel Hill in the plans,
he was grateful the money was appro
priated.
“We are happy to see them get
money, because we want TTA to be
successful,” he said. “I would like to
thank David Price for his involvement
in getting the money for our transit sys
tem.”
Roberson added that out of the SIOO
million needed from the federal gov
ernment by the year 2004, only $24 mil
lion had been committed so far.
In response, Thomas Bates, press sec
retary for U.S. Rep. David Price, said
Price’s office had been trying to cooper
ate with TTA’s agenda as efficiently as
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“Once Phase 1 is in place, we
want to connect Chapel Hill in
Phase 2, and this will be a
major advantage for students. ”
Thomas Bates
Press Secretary for U.S. Rep. David Price
possible.
“What we have been trying to do is to
steadily increase federal funding,” Bates
said. “Once construction is under way,
we will look at the project’s needs at a
year-to-year basis.
“I think this is an important project
for the Triangle. Once Phase 1 is in
place, we want to connect Chapel Hill in
Phase 2, and this will be a major advan
tage for students.”
Shearer-Swink said the cost estimate
of Phase 1 was subject to change
because of necessary TTA re-evalua
tions of the plans.
“We are constantly working on the
transit-system plans,”she said.
“We look at the environmental
impact from the project, refining poten
tial station locations and revising cost
estimates.”
Roberson said the TTA was near the
end of the cost estimation that will dic
tate the construction of Phase 1 but
needed more time to be exact.
“Within the next two months or so
we will have a clearer picture of how
much we need.”
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