Incident Polaris FB582 N56940 ?,
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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/timeContributorUpdates
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]

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