Investigations

On July 12, Ronald N. Crews pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts, to charges of making false statements on airman medical certification forms. Crews, a former commercial pilot for Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines (Cape Air), was charged in November 2005 with failing to disclose the fact that he was an insulin-dependent diabetic, a condition which could have prohibited his employment as a commercial pilot. The investigation was initiated after a February 2002 incident in which Crews became incapacitated while piloting a Cape Air plane from Martha's Vineyard to Barnstable, Massachusetts, with four passengers aboard. No copilot was on the plane, which was landed by a passenger who was a student pilot. Sentencing is scheduled for October 10.