ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301969
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Date: | Monday 8 February 1943 |
Time: | 12:30 |
Type: | Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser |
Owner/operator: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
Registration: | NC38400 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2.5 miles SE of VPI Airport, Blacksburg, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | VPI Airport, Blacksburg, VA |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lost control at 1000ft after the control stick got stuck and crashed, the trainee bailed out safely the pilot bailed out at low altitude and was killed.
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