ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145855
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 26-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 16:20 EDT |
| Type: | Moyes/Bailey Dragonfly |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N56FP |
| C/n / msn: | 002Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | The woods off Burkhalter Gap Road in Dade County, Georgia. -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lookout Mountain - 0GE3 |
| Lookout Mountain - 0GE3 |
A man is dead after crashing his aircraft, an experimental Dragonfly, N56FP, on Lookout Mountain. It happened around 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon 26 May 2012 near Burkhalter Gap Road in Dade County. The aircraft stalled while maneuvering along a ridge line to evaluate wind conditions for local hang-gliding flights.
Sources:
http://planenews.com/man-dies-in-ultralight-aircraft-crash-in-dade-county-wrcb/
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/18632380/glider-crash-in-dade-county
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events02/media/06_56FP.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=56FP&x=0&y=0
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120527X55532&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2012 11:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-May-2012 16:47 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2012 23:22 | afm10 | Updated [Location] |
| 30-May-2012 22:05 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 11-Jun-2012 16:13 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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