MAY 28, 2015
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN
Two people walked
away uninjured after their single-engine plane crash-landed at the Richard I.
Bong Memorial Airport in Superior on Wednesday afternoon.
The Superior Fire
Department responded to the crash at 2:14 p.m., and the first crews on the
scene found a small plane in a field behind the Upper Deck Restaurant. The
pilot reported having mechanical difficulty before the crash, fire officials
said.
The red, white and
blue plane’s tires left tracks in the mud leading from the runway to the
plane’s resting place in the field. Its right landing gear assembly sat in
pieces on the ground nearby, while the left landing gear assembly was dug into
the mud, still attached to the plane. The blue tip of the left wing dangled
from the rest of the plane. Mud splattered the sides of the plane and the
propeller.
The names of those
on board the plane were not released. According to the plane’s FAA
registration, it’s a Bellanca 8KCAB built in 1978 and owned by a Texas man.
The Federal Aviation
Administration will investigate the cause of the crash.
Corey Winn was
watching planes take off and land while eating lunch at the Upper Deck with a
few friends when he saw the Bellanca return to the runway a few minutes after
it had taken off. As the plane was going down the runway, it was going side to
side and then dipped to the left, Winn said.
When he saw the wing
dip, he said, he knew the plane was going to crash off the runway. A woman in
the restaurant told people that the plane crashed and people went outside to
see if the occupants were hurt. Winn said they saw two people walking away from
the wrecked plane.
“I’m just glad
they’re OK,” he said.
Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com
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Date:
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27-MAY-2015
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Time:
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14:14
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Type:
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Owner/operator:
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Private
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Registration:
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N102EC
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C/n / msn:
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372-78
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Fatalities:
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Fatalities: 0 /
Occupants: 2
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Other fatalities:
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0
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Airplane damage:
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Substantial
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Location:
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Richard I Bong
Airport (KSUW), Superior, WI -
United
States of America |
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Phase:
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Landing
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Nature:
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Unknown
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Departure airport:
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Richard I Bong
(KSUW)
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Destination
airport:
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Richard I Bong
(KSUW)
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Narrative:
The aircraft experienced a loss of directional control and subsequent runway excursion upon landing at Richard I Bong Airport (KSUW), Superior, Wisconsin. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard were not injured.
The aircraft experienced a loss of directional control and subsequent runway excursion upon landing at Richard I Bong Airport (KSUW), Superior, Wisconsin. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard were not injured.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176447
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/superior/3753944-two-people-escape-injury-after-plane-crash-lands-superior-airport
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=102EC
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/superior/3753944-two-people-escape-injury-after-plane-crash-lands-superior-airport
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=102EC