The tail number is 2759M - a Piper Warrior II.
Both pilots are in the hospital with hypothermia. Trenton Times Story:
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1136279218233920.xml&coll=5Bob B. from the Pilots of America webboard posted about when he bought a Piper Archer maintained by the same flying club. The following is
HIS post, but put in the 3rd person.......
He did an annual for a pre-buy inspection, which turned up something like 30 discrepencies, some of which were major like unauthorized parts, misindexed prop (which would have made it impossible to check the timing -- something that an annual is supposed to include), misrigged stabilator trim (which someday would have either sawed through something or broken the cable), sheared alternator bolts, exhaust system leak, bare wires on wing tip nav lights, missing wing rib, etc, etc.
Since there had been an annual performed by the club a few months before with a log book entry showing NO work performed besides the inspection (as did the annual before) tells him [Bob] that the IA who signed off on the prior annuals never even looked at the airplane.
(The prior owner corrected the airworthiness problems per his agreement, and he [Bob] thought he was genuinly shocked about what the inspection had surfaced).
Just a little history about the Kenmarson Aero Club....
JasonP.S. A little more background info:
The same club used to have a Mooney. A friend [of Bobs] was flying it eastbound over center city Philly when the engine crapped out due to a failed fuel spider. Never mind that the engine had been overhauled 100 hours prior. He figures he made KPHL by a 1/4 mile to spare.
Bob did his complex there as well. One day he flew an Arrow which had just had the gear worked on. The gear wouldn't retract after takeoff...
The guy who used to own the club had his IA yanked by the FAA after the club screwed up the gear of a twin Commanche, resulting in a gear-up landing. He had signed off on an annual where the A&P failed to make a required tension test.
