Posted on 08/02/2018 6:26:23 PM PDT by EdnaMode
A man arrested at the Texarkana Regional Airport on July 4th allegedly told investigators he intended to fly a stolen plane to a rap music concert in another state.
Asked about his lack of training as a pilot, Zemarcuis Devon Scott, 18, allegedly told Texarkana, Ark., police that he didn't believe there was much more to the task than pushing buttons and pulling levers, according to a probable cause affidavit used to create the following account.
It was about 2:30 a.m. when airport security personnel contacted police about seeing a man jump a fence and attempt to enter an American Eagle twin-engine jet. By the time officers arrived, the suspect, later identified as Scott, had gotten onto the small commercial plane and closed the door behind him.
When officers shined a flashlight into the plane's cockpit from outside the jet, they could see a man sitting in the pilot's seat with his hands below the window and out of direct view. Fearing for their safety, an officer drew his weapon and ordered the man to keep his hands up where they could be seen.
When the suspect turned his gaze toward the officers, two of them allegedly recognized Scott from past encounters. Two of the three responding officers got the plane's door open while the third continued to monitor Scott until he could be taken into custody.
On Monday, Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chuck Black formally charged Scott with commercial burglary and attempted theft of property with a value greater than $25,000. Both offenses are felonies punishable by three to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.
Scott is being held in the Miller County jail with bail set at $25,000. The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Carlton Jones. A date for Scott's arraignment on the charges hasn't been scheduled but he is expected to appear in court later this month.
If he remembered to bring his iPad and a flashlight he could have got in real trouble.
I feel sorry for the police having to put up with this.
And then there's that tricky landing part ...
But, as all pilots know, every plane will land itself sooner or later. Whether you can walk away from it is another story.
Too bad someone didn't have a junk plane they wanted to get rid of. They could have collected the insurance AND helped clean up the gene pool at the same time.
Yep.
Know nothing about jets, but in prop driven, some of those switches are used differently in different year models.
Lots of pilots got a thrill when the used boost pumps or tank selectors just like they did in the last plane they flew, just to name a couple.
“A man arrested at the Texarkana Regional Airport on July 4th allegedly told investigators he intended to fly a stolen plane to a rap music concert in another state. ... Zemarcuis Devon Scott, 18.”
What a shame. This is sure to interrupt Zemarcuis’s advanced placement physics course.
He was about to get a real lesson in physics.
Lmao
Notice - he didn't say he wanted to attend a cello concert, or a piano recital - but a RAP concert.
Best $1200 I ever spent. Low, slow, and seat of your pants. Everything that today's system isn't.
Takes a lot of getting used to to having no brakes to ride. Imagine your run ups and no brakes!
Just like in the video games.
I am too old.
Could not pass the physical.
I suspect a Super Cub on floats could be fun.
Don't need one for a Sport Pilot License.
Saw an article somewhere the FAA is raising the weight limit on that too.
One of my infirmities tells me that I would be a fool to be flying today. Especially flying close to the ground where wires, TV towers, logs in the water, etc. are traps.
And I am in the wrong part of the world. I doubt that there is a plane on floats within 200 miles of here.
The time for that passed long ago. That kind of fling is for guys that are really sharp eyed and quick.
Exactly PA-18.
Funny you say that. The designated examiner for my check ride and log book stamp was 83 years old. Sure knew his stuff though.
Oh yeah, Zemarcuis done seen them action movies.
Real stuff be made for crackers and Asians, how hard can it be? The negro super-hero always figures it out in the action films.
With flat, calm, water to use.............
During the time when he’s in the county jail, he could study to become an aeronautical engineer.
See? There ya go. Not so hard after all! :)
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