MEC&F Expert Engineers : Van’s RV-6A small plane's pilot died in crash in a wooded area north of Aberfeldy, Sweden

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Van’s RV-6A small plane's pilot died in crash in a wooded area north of Aberfeldy, Sweden








JULY 18, 2015

Oskarström, Sweden

The sportplan headed to Falkenberg sent distress signals and then crashed in a wooded area north of Aberfeldy. A man in the 65-year-olds died in connection with the crash.

A man in the 65-year-olds died in connection with a plane crash between oskarström and Torup in Saturday morning. At 9.30 got sea and air rescue alarm to the controller in Malmo lost touch with a less sport airplane in flight over Sweden. At the same time, a distress signal from the plane about 12 kilometers northeast of Oskarström.

Rescue helicopters from Ronneby and Gothenburg are sent to the site and even emergency services jerked out. At 10:30 localized one of the helicopters plane on the ground and the emergency services were led to the site by the other helicopter.

At 11 o'clock the police stated that a jammed it found in the plane and that the emergency services were on hand to make the person. The plane will be a single-engine two-seat sport aircraft en route to Falkenberg. 

However, announced the organizers of Wheels and wings that it was not a military plane.

-We have a plane that went down in the Woods and the person is taken care of by ambulance. More, I don't want to say, "says Mikael Andersson, head of emergency services at Hylte rescue service, told TT [tidningarnas telegrambyra].

According to the emergency services have the plane slammed to the ground after having touched the wood in the air.

The plane will have gone through a forest with mature forest to crash later in multi and become total demolerat but not burned. The cause of the crash is still unclear.

The pilot, a man of 65 years old, was taken to Hospital in Halmstad but had died of his injuries in connection with the accident. The relatives are informed.

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Date:18-JUL-2015
Time:07.30 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic RV6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Van's RV-6A
Owner/operator:private
Registration: SE-XZK
C/n / msn: 23223
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:12 km NE Oskarstrom, Halland, Sweden -   Sweden
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:ESMB
Destination airport:ESGF
Narrative:
Crashed in a wooded area.

Sources
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177938 http://hallandsposten.se/nyheter/halmstad/1.4154063-planets-pilot-dod-i-kraschen
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article21137422.ab