VIC DAVID
PILOT
DEN


Vic was a pilot with Frontier Airlines who took medical retirement in about 1984.  He & his 
wife settled in at Rudy, a small town north of FSM.  The following newsclippings relate his tragic death.

VB man struck by car, dies (Dec30, 1998)
A Van Buren man faces charges of manslaughter after his car jumped a curb and struck and
killed another Van Buren man Wednesday.
Victor Boyd David, 64, had just finished a meal at the Oriental Palace restaurant in the 3700
block of Midland Boulevard about 1 p.m. When he walked to his vehicle, which was parked just
off the roadway, a vehicle driven by a 33-year-old Van Buren man jumped the curb and
struck him, according to Jeff Barrows, public affairs officer of the Fort Smith Police Department. 
David was pronounced dead at the scene.
Barrows said Wednesday police had not determined why the vehicle ran off the road.
"We know he wasn't drunk," he said. "He had a breathalizer test and no signs of alcohol were
found in his system. The accident is still under investigation."
The driver of the vehicle is being held at the Sebastian County Detention Center on $15,000
bond. He faces charges of manslaughter, a class C felony, which carries penalties of three to 10
years and/or up to $10,000 in fines.
Brinson enters innocent plea
BY AMY SHERRILL, TIMES RECORD

An attorney for a man charged in the vehicular death of a Van Buren man entered an innocent
plea for his client Wednesday, and waived his formal arraignment in Sebastian County Circuit Court.
Fort Smith attorney Daniel Shue will represent Billy Ray Brinson, 33, of Van Buren, who is
charged with manslaughter. Brinson is accused in the Dec. 30 death of Victor Boyd David, 64.
Brinson told authorities that he was traveling north on Midland Boulevard at about 1 p.m. Dec.
30 when his vehicle drifted to the right. He attempted to correct it, but was unable to and
struck David, according to the police report.
David, who had just left a restaurant and walked to his car parked off the roadway on Midland
Boulevard, died at the scene.
Police reports state that Brinson had been having problems with his vehicle drifting for the
past several months. He told authorities he didn’t have the money to fix the car. 
Brinson is free on $15,000 bond.
Manslaughter is a class C felony which carries a sentence of three to 10 years in prison if
convicted.

Driver: Steering problem caused car to strike man
BY MARCUS BLAIR
TIMES RECORD 
The car that struck and killed a Van Buren man Wednesday as he left a Fort Smith restaurant
may have been in need of repair, according to police reports.
The 33-year-old disabled driver, also of Van Buren, posted a $15,000 bond and was released from jail. 
Deputy Prosecutor Wendy Johnson said the investigation is continuing. She said authorities
had requested a mechanic inspect the car, causing a delay in possible charges being filed.
Victor Boyd David, 64, of Van Buren had just finished a meal at the Oriental Palace restaurant
at 3758 Midland Blvd. in Fort Smith and was walking to his car when the suspect's vehicle
jumped the curb and struck him. David was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect was still sitting in his car when officers arrived. A police report states when
officers asked the suspect if he was OK, he replied through his tears, "I don't think so. I just killed that man."
The report states the vehicle had begun to pull to the right as the suspect approached the
restaurant. He tried to steer the car left to no avail. 
The suspect, who is disabled with kidney problems, had been having problems with the front
end of the vehicle for some time, the report states. He purchased the vehicle last summer for
transportation to the pharmacy and to see his doctor in Little Rock.
The man lives on a fixed income and could not afford to have the car repaired, the police report states. 
A Breathalizer test showed he had no alcohol in his blood. He also was administered a drug
test, but the results were not available Thursday.
-Jake Lamkins
(2/1/99)

VICTOR DAVID  
Born 17 Dec 1934 
Died 30 Dec 1998 
Age 64
At 72956 (Van Buren, Crawford, AR) 
SSN issued in Louisiana 
-SSDI
(3/3/99)

The photos of Vic were found at Warren McLellan's website.
-Jake
(1/22/04)

Just want you to know the little girl in the photo of Sonje, Sue andJoy is my dranddaughter. She is Mindy Mc Lellan,and lives in Dallas. 
The day the Frontier News arrived I  also received her  wedding announcement, for June 19, 2004. She is in her second year at SMU Law School. 
The picture was made at the DEN airport  on my retiring flight. This flight arrived from Mexico. 
My select crew for the last flight  was Sonje, Sue and Joy. Wanda, 
my wife, was also on the entire flight  to Mexico  and return, I think the whole crew enjoyed that trip. Vic David was F/O. 
That flight was a most memorable flight. As you know Vic was hit by a car here in FSM several years ago.  
I have the original photo in my retirement book, Thank you for printing the picture. 
-Warren Mc Lellan
(4/20/04)