Ark. Plane Crash Kills Whitewater Lawyer

AP ^ | 12/04/03 | AP

[TomServo]

HARRISON, Ark. (AP) - A lawyer who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge filed by Whitewater prosecutors died Thursday when the small plane he was piloting crashed while trying to land at an airport, officials said.

John Haley, 72, who was once the personal lawyer of former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, had recently joined a new law firm. A partner, Peter B. Heister, confirmed Haley's death.

One passenger, Farish Kincaid, 70, also was killed in the crash. Authorities said the men, both from the Little Rock area, apparently were due at a business meeting in Harrison.

Haley and Tucker were accused in 1995 of setting up a sham bankruptcy to hide profits from a business deal. Haley pleaded guilty and was fined and ordered to pay restitution.

Tucker pleaded guilty in the case, and was also convicted in a separate trial on fraud charges involving James and Susan McDougal, the partners of President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Whitewater land deal. Tucker was sentenced to probation and home detention.

The Clintons were never charged in connection with Whitewater.

Haley's Bonanza single-engine, two-seat aircraft crashed in a ravine about 300 yards south of the Boone County Airport in northwestern Arkansas, Sheriff Danny Hickman said.

The National Transportation Safety Board planned an investigation.

[PoisedWoman]

I just think it is (or was) impressive that a 72 y/o could still pass his physical and fly his 72 y/o buddy around .

I ran into John Haley in '97 or '98. He was as vital, alive, alert as any 40-yr-old and about ten times as interesting.

[pabianice]

City parks employees, working on a softball complex about a quarter-mile from the airport on the city's north side, said the airplane was dumping fuel before it made an attempt to land.

Oops. Missed this gem the first read through. The Bonanza has no fuel dump capability, press stupes...

[TXnMA]

< LOL > I'm amazed that it took a whole four posts until someone said that...!

[Ben Hecks]

"Heard on Missouri Net that one eyewitness stated fuel leaking/strong smell of fuel just prior to plane going down..."

O.K., where's NDCORUP when you need him? LOL!

[T'wit]

> Sometimes a plane crash is just a plane crash regardless of who is in the plane.

Oh, g'wan! Once we start even HINTING that some plane crashes are accidental, we're on a slippery slope. Next thing you know, Amelia Earhart, Carole Lombard, Ricky Nelson, Patsy Cline, Glenn Miller and Will Rogers will all be found alive and well in Argentina.

[nicmarlo]

When it comes to the Clintons, I don't need tin foil...as they are capable of doing anything to anybody at anytime.

[CindyDawg]

I was thinking about what yall could ask her as I've been hanging out here reading this interesting thread. How about if she knew this man? :')

[Prince Charles]

City parks employees, working on a softball complex about a quarter-mile from the airport on the city's north side, said the airplane was dumping fuel before it made an attempt to land. The parks workers said they could smell the fuel as it dropped around them.

This would just be an interesting anecdote were it not for the inconvenient detail that Bonanzas don't have fuel pumps that dump fuel.

[Graybeard58]

I just think it is (or was) impressive that a 72 y/o could still pass his physical and fly his 72 y/o buddy around

My grand daughter (18yrs old) recently refered to me as being "Middle aged" (Bless her heart) I had to tell her, I am middle aged now only if I am going to live to be 116 years old.

[bootless]

They sure know a lot of dead people...

[CindyDawg]

Aim for a healthy, active 120. Middle age is the between 41-80 :')

[Alamo-Girl]

They certainly do. It is bizarre...

[76834]

You got that right!!!
Whole lot of dead bodies in their rear view mirror...

[AGreatPer]

"they are capable of doing anything to anybody at anytime."

I agree with you all the way.

However, they were dumping fuel. Why would they do that? The Bonanza's wheels have had a problem sticking for years. Everyone in the aviation world knows that. They were probably preparing for a hard (also called scratch) landing and ran out of gas. Purely speculative here.

[sweetliberty]

"Should they win ,God Forbid, Clark would be in a bad dangerous place."

Any bets that should that happen, he'd bite the big one before inauguration?

[sweetliberty]

What Georgia thread?

[At _War_With_Liberals]

WW: 5 guilty, 2 innocent.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed. It is troubling to see so many deaths...

[CindyDawg]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034188/posts

[Texas Eagle]

The Body Count continues to mount.