What: Experimental Light Sport (ultra light) flying from Flying Little River Airport in McAlpin.
Where: Suwannee County off Highway 90 and 89th Road just past Live Oak
When: Mar 10, 2009
Who: An early report said that pilot Walter Richard of Louisiana has been flown to Shand’s Hospital in Gainesville. The name now released is Jimmy Burkholder, 68, of McAlpin, who is in the burn unit at Shands UF. A woman passenger was dead on the scene; her name has been released: Linda Sturtevant, 58, of Rhode Island
Why: The pilot dropped below power lines as the plane lost altitude, and struck the tree line.
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