BY ANDREA TORTORA
The Cincinnati Enquirer

HEBRON - Capt. Dann Carlsen was the type of person many of us would like to be, friends and family said Thursday as they attended his funeral service.

He would go out of his way to help others, often doing things at work that were not required of pilots.

On Thursday, dozens went out of their way to honor Mr. Carlsen, who was the pilot of Comair Flight 3272 - the Embraear Brasilia 120 twin engine turboprop plane that crashed south of Detroit on Jan. 9, killing all 29 people on board.

The service was held at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Hebron.

The Rev. David Shockey presided but did not want to comment on what was said about Mr. Carlsen.

''The family specifically requested that it be a very quiet ceremony,'' the Rev. Mr. Shockey said.

Mr. Carlsen, 42, was a seven-year veteran of Comair and was so good at his job that he taught other pilots how to fly the company's jets.

He recently left that work, returning instead to flying the Embraear Brasilias. With the flight simulators for the jets in Montreal, teaching kept him too far away from his wife, Barbara, and their home near Dry Ridge in rural Grant County.

The couple bought the 2-acre property in March 1994. Mr. Carlsen celebrated his 42nd birthday on November 18. He had no children.

He was well-liked at Comair and around Concourse C at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, co-workers said.

''He was the type of guy who would get out there and throw bags with the (ramp attendants) on a cold day,'' said a fellow pilot who asked not to be named. ''Typically, that's not in our job description.''

Friends said Capt. Carlsen preferred flying the turboprops because of the flexible schedule: he could choose his flights, his days off and layover locations.

PROFILES OF VICTIMS
COMPLETE COVERAGE

Victims

First Officer
Kenneth Reece
Fort Wright, Ky.

Flight Attendant
Darinda Ogden Nilsen
Lexington, Ky.

PASSENGERS
Adams, Dexter
Cincinnati

Barrow, Gregory
Detroit

Bransford, Roger
Sandy Springs, Ga.

Brice, Arthur
Brookhaven, Miss.

Brownlee, Christine
Helena, Mont.

Brownlee, Scott
Helena, Mont.

Davis, Geoffrey
Detroit.

DeMarco, Maureen
Englewood, Colo.

Douchard, Greg
Wesson, Miss.

Felteau, Leo
Atlanta

Herman, Mark
Novi, Mich.

Jones, Betty Jean
Detroit

Jones, Charles
McComb, Miss.

McClain, Steven
Waterford, Mich.

Muskovitz, Teri
West Bloomfield, Mich.

Passariello, Kim
Lake Havasu, Ariz.

Raymond, Roy
Twin Falls, Id.

Raymond, Vernamarie
Twin Falls, Id.

Rosiak, Jennifer
Fairbanks, Alaska

Rosiak, Nicholas
Fairbanks, Alaska

Sharangpani, Arati
Holland, Mich.

Stearn, Richard
Whitmore Lake, Mich.

Takenami, Keita
Lexington, Ky.

Thomas, Douglas
Detroit.

Wansedel, Charles
Mount Clemens, Mich.

Zagar, Darlene
Danville, Ky.