ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153360
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| Date: | 17-FEB-2013 |
| Time: | 15:30 CST |
| Type: | Quicksilver MX-II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | Unreg. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Poplarville area, MS -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, an experimental unregistered Quicksilver MX-II, maneuvering at a low altitude, may have encountered wind gusts that caused the plane to clip a pine tree and crash to the ground in the Poplarville area of Mississippi.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard was killed.
It was reportedly the pilot's first flight in the aircraft.
Sources:
http://www.wlox.com/story/21241100/arizona-man-dies-in-small-plane-crash
http://m.picayuneitem.com/picayune/pm_113077/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=gu224sRp
http://picayune-poplarville.wlox.com/news/news/60968-faa-investigating-fatal-plane-crash-near-poplarville
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20130218X12118&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2013 09:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Feb-2013 23:09 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2013 23:14 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2013 00:27 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
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