Thursday, April 9, 2015

DEAD ICAROS IDENTIFIED IN EXPERIMENTAL QUICKSILVER MXL II AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR PETALUMA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA








APRIL 9, 2015

SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

A pilot who was killed when his ultralight plane crashed south of the Petaluma Municipal Airport on Friday, February 3, 2015, was identified Thursday as David Michael Wright, 51, of Petaluma, Sonoma County sheriff’s officials said. 

Wright was the sole occupant of an experimental Quicksilver MXL II aircraft that crashed at about 12:30 p.m. Friday. 

Witnessed described watching the two-seat aircraft spiral toward the ground. The plane crashed in a field between Frates Road and Browns Lane. 

The plane was registered to Donald Wayne Wright of Petaluma, who purchased it last April, according to a match of its tail number on an FAA database. It was manufactured in 1984 and required a pilot’s license to fly. 

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the circumstances of the crash.