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Homebuilt Crash in Torrance

What: TOLAND S/THORNBURGH J TWIN 503SL Glider owned by SURE FLIGHT INC
Where: Torrance Airport
When: 02/27/2009
Who: Two men were injured in the crash
Why: The homebuilt “experimental class”ultralight was taxiing on a ramp at Torrance Airport when it clipped a parked aircraft and went airborne up to approximately 100 feet; the flight crashed off the runway fatally injuring at least one passenger.

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