Accidents
Lack of CVR hampers Wellstone crash probe
Regardless of your political persuasion, the death of Sen.

Regardless of your political persuasion, the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) in an October aircraft accident was a tragedy on many levels. Foremost was Wellstone’s death and that of his wife Sheila, both 58, their daughter Marcia Markuson, 33, three campaign staffers (Mary McEvoy, Tom Lapic and Will McLaughlin) and the two pilots, Richard Conry, 55, and Michael Guess, 30.

At approximately 10:21 a.m. CST on October 25, the King Air A100 in which they were traveling crashed two miles from the Eveleth-Virginia (Minn.) Airport (EVM) while on an instrument approach. The flight was being conducted under Part 135 by charter operator Executive Aviation Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn. The airplane was destroyed and all eight on board were killed. According to FAA records, N41BE was registered to Beech Transportation, also of Eden Prairie.

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