ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146453
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| Date: | Friday 22 June 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee C |
| Owner/operator: | Simmons Aviation Services LLC |
| Registration: | N8784L |
| MSN: | 25-5267 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport, PA (WBW/KWBW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two aircaft became victims when they were blown over by a heavy storm and ended upside down at Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport - WBW/KWBW, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
A Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee C, N8784L, was substantial damaged and a Cessna 150 received minor damage.
The heavy weather also damaged tents and a bandshell at the 125th Anniversary Celebration in Forty Fort and downed tree branches and power lines across Luzerne County. A cold front and severe thunderstorms rumbled through the Wyoming Valley on Friday, sending down rain, hail and heavy winds before giving way to calmer skies.
Luckyly nobody was hurt.
Sources:
http://wnep.com/2012/06/22/thunderstorm-flips-planes-downs-trees-in-luzerne-county/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wnep-homenews+%28WNEP+-+Home+News%29
http://citizensvoice.com/news/storm-leaves-wake-of-destruction-1.1333729
http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/3dbd787b50153fc58f20342f3e1dcf5b500e6df3 (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1997 | N8784L | Lee Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Blackwell, OK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2012 04:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Jun-2012 03:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2012 03:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2024 12:15 | ASN | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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