ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146288
Last updated: 18 May 2013
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| Date: | 12-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | 09:00 CDT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2510B |
| C/n / msn: | 38-79A0097 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | West of Mount Vernon along County Road 1117, MO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | 2H2 |
| Private grass airstrip |
An 86-year-old pilot trying to land a small plane on a private grass airstrip on his own farm miscalculated his speed and hit some trees and a fence on Tuesday morning 12 June 2012. An air ambulance took the pilot to a hospital in Springfield with moderate to serious injuries, including internal injuries, five cracked ribs and a broken leg.
Sources:
http://www.kspr.com/news/ky3-crash-of-small-plane-in-lawrence-county-injures-1-20120612,0,3126053.story
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2510B&x=0&y=0
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/03_2510B.txt
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120612X53221&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2012 07:40 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Jun-2012 07:46 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 13-Jun-2012 08:09 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 15-Jun-2012 09:47 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-Jul-2012 11:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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