What: single-engine homebuilt plane( S FLUT-R-BUG SA6) en route from Santa Ynez Valley Airport
Where: Sycamore Valley Ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley in the 6500 block of Figueroa Mountain Road.
When: Between 2 and 2:30 pm.
Why: The pilot had to land because of engine trouble. After landing, he worked on his plane, and took off again to fly the 10 miles to the airport, but the engine quit again and the plane crashed into some oak trees. The pilot sustained a scratch on his head but the plane is considered “substantial”
What: “experimental high wing” or home-built single-engine plane registered to William McDuffie of Louisiana
Where: East Texas near a landfill between Longview and Kilgore.
When: Discovered Monday afternoon
Who: Ronald Vickers of Arlington died in the crash. Death was pronounced on the scene.
Why: Prior to crashing, the plane made contact with the power lines. The right wing susustained damage. Ronald Vickers was about halfway through the 350 mile trip from Oak Ridge, La to taking his newly purchased plane home to Texas. It is not known why he was flying low.
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What: Experimental F1 Rocket EVO owned by the pilot
Where: Indian River County St. Sebastian River Preserve in Sebastian
When: 4 p.m. Sunday.
Who: pilot Stephen Patrick Merrell sustained minor injuries
Why: Emergency landing
What: homebuilt Long-EZ aircraft en route from Leesburg to Fort Myers
Where: Hardee County orange grove
When: December 7, 2008
Who: pilot Gary Smith
Why: Smith had engine trouble; and tried to land in an open field but clipped power lines, flipped and came down about 80 feet from the road. Smith was trapped in his plane until found by utility workers from Peace River Electric Cooperative investigating a power outage found him. Smith is in stable condition and hospitalized Florida Hospital in Wauchula
What: kit-built Thorpe-T18 engaged in a biennial flight review
Where: south of Perth
When: Thursday last week.
Who: pilot Fred Murray and pilot examiner Allan Hayes, both fatalities
Why: The plane crashed after it clipped trees about a kilometre from the Serpentine airfield.
The pilot Mr Murray spent 20 years working with Aboriginal people and will be missed.
What: Thorpe T-18
Where: Hopeland, south of Perth at Serpentine Airstrip
When: November 27, 2008
Who: Two men, both middle-aged and thought to be in their 50s were reported to have been killed in the crash
Why: The plane had been engaged in ”aerobatic manoeuvres” the pilot possibly conducting a biennial flight review (BFR) with a more junior pilot. The plane inverted and then nose-dived into the ground
Video Courtesy of KSL.com
