Small Plane Crashes into Office Building in Austin, Texas

News 8 Austin ^ | 2/18/2010

[sportutegrl]

News Alert, single engine plane plows into building in Austin, Texas. Building houses FBI.

[squarebarb]

I Binged ‘Cheryl Stack austin musician’ and got nothing.

[ctdonath2]

Seems his home (allegedly torched) is a nice brick place in a typical sardine subdivision.

[OldDeckHand]

"You’re an idiot, considering innocent people could be dead as a result."

You beat me too it. I concur with your assessment, entirely.

[Deo volente]

Wow! Anyone noticing a Google search on the name shows a live-update Twitter feed at the top of the results? Cool!!!

That IS cool! Is that something new, I've never seen that before.

[txhurl]

They have to be careful how they classify this. If it gets called terrorism, insurance doesn’t cover it.

[Eaker]

Probably that damn Locke after all!

[SE Mom]

I sent the link to Drudge and Hot Air and Megyn Kelly

[ml/nj]

Pilot set his own house on fire and then got in plane and flew it into the IRS building.

I find it interesting that this was supposedly a stolen aircraft, yet they already know the name of the pilot and that he burned down his own house, recently I would guess.

Just knowing that the plane was stolen is weird. The only way to know it was stolen is if the owner watched it being stolen. Aircraft owners don't generally hang around their planes unless they about to go someplace.

ML/NJ

[Lurking in Kansas]

No joke but as soon as I posted my comment I checked my bank account and my refund had direct deposited this morning.

Ditto ... Austin is my office too ... got mine Tuesday

[mewzilla]

Jeez. Bishop, now this guy. Both taking their mad out on other people.

[rustbucket]

Austin Channel 8 is still mentioning that they have a report that the plane hit a Lexus before crashing into the building. According to Channel 8, the wing of the plane hit the Lexus and the driver is supposedly being interviewed by police. I’m not sure how much confirmation the station actually has of the car being hit. They have a witness on now that does not mention the car.

The building is close to my parents’ house. I’m in Austin this week, and I know the bulding that was hit. My father used to get his tax forms there. My mother bought a Lexus from the Lexus dealer nearby that the plane may well have flown very low over on the way to the building.

[onyx]

Where did you find that?

[JFC]

omg.. he isn’t a TEA PARTY dude!

[OafOfOffice]

Possible...or another stack.

N2889D
Aircraft Registration Information

http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft.asp?tn=N2889D

[Deo volente]

I Binged ‘Cheryl Stack austin musician’ and got nothing.

It's "Sheryl". She's a pianist and a teaching assistant at Univ. of Texas, Austin.

[Marty62]

I know, weird. Why would they say the guy stole his own plane?

[prairiebreeze]

My daughter lives and works near there.

[silverleaf]

how long will it take some democrat shill to blame Bush?

[potlatch]

[I Binged ‘Cheryl Stack austin musician’ and got nothing.]

It’ll come out in time. Must be thousands of musicians in the Austin area and most are ‘unknowns’.

[null and void]

Certainly looks like a suicide note to me.

IRS problems, eh? What a weird coinky-dink.