ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157131
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 June 2013 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: | Air-Bike |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | n/a |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD), Great Bend, KS -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | KGBD |
| KGBD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft, an experimental Air-Bike ultralight (mistakenly indentified as a Yak-55M), experienced a stall/spin and impacted terrain at Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD), Great Bend, Kansas. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.
Reported winds in the area at the time of the accident were: South 21 Gusting 31.
Sources:
http://tablet.ksn.com/r1603/39b40ecf
http://web.archive.org/web/20130630064209/http://www.kwch.com:80/news/kwch-news-vrh-singleseat-aircraft-crashes-in-great-bend-20130625,0,6654554.story
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Plane-Crashes-In-Great-Bend-212999251.html?device=tablet]
http://www.jordanlakeaero.com/AirbikeLS.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2013 01:14 | Geno | Added |
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