Small Plane Stolen From Athens, TX Airport

January 31, 2012 12:48 PM

Athens police say this plane was stolen from a hangar at the Athens Municipal Airport. (Photo credit Athens Police Department)

ATHENS (CBSDFW.COM) - Police in the East Texas town of Athens are looking for a stolen airplane.

The small plane, a Cessna, disappeared from a hangar at the Athens Municipal Airport sometime between January 26 and 28.

Police say there were no signs that anyone had broken into the hangar – the plane just vanished.

The propeller-driven plane, seen above, is worth $110,000.

Police say they don’t know if somebody flew the plane away or took it some other way.

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comanchepilot

How close is Roswell?

Or more accurately . . . how close is Mexico?

And if the aircraft is caught drug smuggling [and a 210 is the perfect single engine airplane for that] the owner always has some ‘splaining to do what with their aircraft being ‘conveniently’ stolen just in the nick of time to be caught smuggling a white powdery substance . . .
WT1958

A 210 might be the perfect plane but the one in the picture is a 182.
Planehook

WT1958…you are spot-on!
Earl Whyde

WT & Planehook; Hate to tell you this, but look at the bottom of the fuselage and you can see the hole for the main gear to retract in. Comanche’s right.
Earl Whyde

I stand corrected. It’s a 182 retract….forgot 210′s don’t have a wing strut…Am I so embarassed
larry snyder

Early 210′d did have struts but also a bump in the nose for the gear. You can see the rear gear holes. This is a 182 RG. Nice plane.
Jean Schwarzkopf

tr182/G. Police don’t know if it was flown away? Well DUH! Are these the keystone cops?

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