ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74349
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 15-MAY-2010 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-52 |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | N6868Y |
| C/n / msn: | 800606 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | E of Nettle Island, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Witham Field (KSUA) |
| Witham Field (KSUA) |
The Yak-52, performing aerobatics at low altitudes in a gear-down configuration, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Martin/St. Lucie county line, Florida (about 300 yards east of Nettle Island and at least a half a mile east of South Hutchinson Island's 9800 block). Both occupants were killed and the aircraft sank.
Sources:
http://wireupdate.com/wires/4259/small-plane-crashes-in-the-atlantic-ocean-off-florida/
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/may/15/plane-down-ocean-st-lucie-county/
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20100516X52337&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2010 12:17 | RobertMB | Added |
| 15-May-2010 23:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 16-May-2010 02:10 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2010 07:41 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Embed code] |
| 09-Mar-2011 17:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 15-May-2012 21:49 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2013 08:51 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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