# CAP lost a plane in Pierce County

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 20, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lost-a-plane-in-pierce-county/575354 "2011-03-20T13:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lost-a-plane-in-pierce-county/575354/1 "2011-03-20T13:53:16Z")

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[Mundane local(-ish) news](http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/03/20/1592321/no-injuries-in-south-hill-plane.html).

A Civil Air Patrol Cessna 206 lost power on a training flight and crashed at Pierce County Airport Thun Field. There were no injuries, though the aircraft is a total loss.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lost-a-plane-in-pierce-county/575354/2 "2011-03-21T21:42:45Z")

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Good to hear nobody was injured. Who looks for CAP planes when they crash and did they remember to turn off the emergency beacon?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lost-a-plane-in-pierce-county/575354/3 "2011-03-22T01:42:48Z")

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I’m bushed. I thought you wrote ‘emergency _bacon!_’ 😛

On a mission, CAP aircraft are usually assigned search grids; so they’d know approximately where they are. And on a search, there would be other CAP aircraft flying. (This wasn’t a search, but a training flight.)

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lost-a-plane-in-pierce-county/575354/4 "2011-03-22T01:54:30Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I’m bushed. I thought you wrote ‘emergency _bacon!_’ 😛
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> On a mission, CAP aircraft are usually assigned search grids; so they’d know approximately where they are. And on a search, there would be other CAP aircraft flying. (This wasn’t a search, but a training flight.)

nice airplane to do searches in. And everybody should have an emergency ration of bacon on hand.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lost-a-plane-in-pierce-county/575354/5 "2011-03-22T02:09:25Z")

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My dad flew a 206 from Yonkers to someplace in SoCal to deliver it to a CAP squadron. (Dad was Standards & Evaluations Officer for Group 9 at the time.)