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Ultralight Pilot Walks Away from Crash
On January 21, 2013, a Rotax 447 ultralight was flying, clipped treetops and crashed after takeoff. The pilot, Randy R. Roman took off at 2:45 pm and shortly later crashed on Mendoza road in Manatee County. The pilot was uninjured but the ultralight was a total loss. After crashing his homebuilt ultralight, reports say... »
Student Pilot in Palo Alto Lesson Scare
What: single engine Beechcraft Musketeer on student flight Where: East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Open Space Preserve When: 08/23/2011, 9:30 am Who: instructor and student pilot Why: While practicing touch and go maneuvers at Palo Alto Airport, the plane’s engine failed. When the engine failed, the plane went down in the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve.... »
Pilot Dies Fighting Fire
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Salvador Carrazoni García What: Air Tractor AT-802, registered to FAASA Group Aerodromo Sebastian Almagro Ctra, operated by FAASA Chile Servicios Aeros LTDA en route from a landing strip in the vicinity of Santa Juana, Chile Where: Santa Juana, Chile When: January 9, 2011 Who:... »
Olive Branch Plane Crash
What: Vectair USA plane en route from Olive Branch Airport. Where: Fifteen miles from the airport, in Fayette County Tennessee on Price Road, near Knox Road and Highway 57 in Moscow. When: 3:30 p.m. January 31, 2009 Who: Pilot Killed Why: The plane clipped the tree line, crashed into a field then slid into... »
