To the contributors of this post I am pretty disgusted. I can assure you that I am live and well and my Zenith 750 Cruzer (vh-8ct) still yet to be completed is safely sitting in my hangar. To place the name of a deceased person on this website is totally unacceptable. To get it wrong is even worse. This post has caused my family and myself major stress. This will be reported to the controller of this website. Never post this type of information unless you are 100% certain of the facts, and never under any circumstances report a name. Shame on the lot of you.
For the record, the aircraft that went down was a Zenith 801 and was built and flown by a friend of mine, and right now this is a difficult time.