Source: Miami Herald
As recent retirements, Bobby Dixon imagined he and his wife would be enjoying their retirement together.
Instead, Dixon is suing the estate of a pilot who authorities said crashed his plane into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, killing Dixon’s wife, Mary Ellen Pender, who was 54, a complaint filed in Pinellas County Court shows.
That evening, the plane plunged into 86-year-old Martha Parry’s home, where Pender was visiting along with several others who left soon before the crash at Bayside Waters on Feb. 1, according to the Clearwater Police Department. Other nearby homes caught on fire as a result, police said in February.
Parry and the pilot, Jemin Patel, 54, also died, according to authorities.
The complaint accuses Patel of negligence and says at some point before the crash, the pilot realized the plane was “unsafe to operate” but continued to fly before it “apparently caught fire” and he lost control.
Dixon’s lawsuit names Patel’s company, Control Data, which was the registered owner of his plan, and the representative of Patel’s estate, attorney J. Mason Williams IV, as defendants.
Williams, who the lawsuit says was named as president of control data, did not immediately respond to McClatchy News’ request for comment on Aug. 28. The National Transportation Safety Administration Board is continuing to investigate the crash
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