It was a Cessna 208 which is a large single engine aircraft. It can actually hold up to 14 but not in commercial service per the FAA regs. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 09:00 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Plane Crashes Near Island in Lake Erie > I'm not really familiar with small private acft but isn't 9 passengers a lot > for a single engine private plane? > Dennis