Posted on 03/30/2025 2:15:46 PM PDT by DFG
A top banker was killed in a plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon.
Terry Dolan, the Vice Chair and Chief Administration Officer of US Bancorp, was the pilot in the craft that crashed into a home yesterday, the company said on Sunday.
The single-engine aircraft plummeted from the sky in a quiet residential neighborhood of Brooklyn Park around 12:30pm.
The entire home erupted into flames, leaving billows of black smoke rising in the air, causing first responders to evacuate the area.
There were no survivors on the plane, the fire chief said at a press conference. Luckily, no one was inside the home at the time of the crash.
The plane was a SOCATA TBM7, a single-engine business aircraft. It departed from Des Moines International Airport and was headed for Minneapolis.
According to the bank's website, Dolan was vice chair and chief administration officer (CAO) of U.S. Bancorp - and he became CAO in 2023.
'His role includes oversight of corporate strategy, marketing, analytics, corporate social responsibility, digital capabilities and growth, public affairs and communications, and transformation,' his biography said.
It continued: 'Dolan previously served as vice chair, chief financial officer, as well as vice chair of Wealth Management and Investment Services, executive vice president and controller.
'He has been a leader in the bank’s focus on driving growth and digital transformation, and reinforcing its strong financial position, with returns on assets and equity among the highest in the industry.
'He has also been a leader in its community development work and investments in affordable housing, economic development and renewable energy tax credit financing.'
Dolan was also known for his charity and community work - including helping the homeless, investing in arts and culture, and elevating higher education.
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who were his enemies?
Will have to wait a few days for info to filter in. My guesses are icing, pilot disorientation, a pilot health problem or a combination of them.
My friend the professional pilot - USN and UA - would beg to disagree. He was an instructor at Pensacola for a while too and I quote ‘you can put some of the smartest people in the world behind the controls of an airplane and they just freeze’.
Yeah looks high performance. I looked it up because I couldn’t tell from the excerpt whether it was a jet or prop.
My cousin - pilot - and his three passengers were all killed. He flew into one of those podunk fields with no local control to refuel. On takeoff some idiot flew right across their nose and there was nowhere to go but down. My cousin was 60. He loved flying.
Kobe Bryant, trying to meet some business commitment….
DES MOINES TO FLORIDA DOESN’T GO ANYWHERE NEAR MPLS. FOR TRAVEL PLANS.
SOMETHING NOT MAKING SENSE HERE.
He had apparently flown to Florida from Minneapolis, and this was his return trip with a stopover in Des Moines.
It is called flying around bad weather.
Or, in the case of JFK, Jr., a night flight when he was only qualified to fly under visual flight rules.
I find it simple. No offense to professionals.
The second best thrill in life is flying.
The biggest thrill is landing safely!
A sweet airplane...
I know, right?
I was shocked that there were people here on Free Republic, who had no empathy about that healthcare executive getting shot.
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