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CAL FIRE tanker pilot killed in off-duty plane crash

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September 8, 2022
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Air tanker 83, an S2-T, drops on the Goose Fire, August, 2016. Photo by Bob Martinez.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has confirmed that, Ken Lancaster, the pilot killed in the crash of a privately owned small plane Monday afternoon was an off-duty air tanker pilot.

It occurred near Columbia Airport in Tuolumne County, California in the 23000 block of Seminole Drive, about a half mile north of the runway. Mr. Lancaster was flying the personal aircraft off-duty and was the only occupant.

Ken Lancaster
Ken Lancaster. Photo by John Slot.

The personnel who fly and maintain CAL FIRE’s S-2T air tankers and OV-10s work for Amentum. The Modesto Bee reported that the company said Mr. Lancaster began flying for the CAL FIRE program in 2016. He flew OV-10 air attack aircraft and later S-2T air tankers out of Columbia.

During the last four years he worked out of Columbia flying Tanker 83. Previously he was an A-10 Warthog pilot for seven years during his Air Force service, earning the nickname “A-10 Ken,” according to information released by Amentum.

The plane that crashed Monday was a single-engine Barnow Barry Vari EZE, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It crashed at about 12:10 p.m.

CAL FIRE T-83, an S2T
CAL FIRE T-83, an S2T, at McClellan, March 23, 2016. Photo by Bill Gabbert.

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