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Date: | Thursday 14 June 2012 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Polaris FB582 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N56940 ? |
MSN: | 5236586 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | The water near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, St. Petersburg, FL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Tierra Verde beach |
Destination airport: | Tierra Verde beach |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two people were injured when a Polaris weight-shift aircraft they were in crashed into the water off of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, St. Petersburg, Florida.
The two passengers onboard the aircraft with minor injuries were pulled from the water by a local boater.
Sources:
http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/jun/14/2-injured-when-ultralight-plane-crashes-in-st-pete-ar-415991/ [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/ultralight-aircraft-crashes-near-sunshine-skyway-in-st-petersburg/1235320]
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=56940
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jun-2012 11:17 |
gerard57 |
Added |
14-Jun-2012 14:23 |
Geno |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |