Article: Death of Basler, 3 others blamed on pilot error Agency report rules out mechanical failure in crash

Pilot error probably caused a midair collision that killed Oshkosh businessman Warren L. Basler and three employees of Basler Turbo Conversions and Flight Service, federal investigators say.

The accident happened last March over Manitowoc County as Basler and photographer David L. Schacherl were flying near a newly renovated DC-3 to photograph it in flight. Stephen W. Yantz, the company's director of operations, and pilot Neil C. Hyerstay were in the DC-3.

Both planes crashed, killing all aboard, after the Beech Bonanza piloted by Basler struck the DC-3, says a recently released final report by the National ...

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