Incident Sonex Aircraft Sonex N179ES,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234593
 
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Date:Monday 30 March 2020
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SONX model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sonex Aircraft Sonex
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N179ES
MSN: 0179
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Huntington Beach State Park, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA)
Destination airport:Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft, an experimentally built Edwards Mark L / Smith Elmer W Sonex, force landed to parking lot terrain following a fuel related event in Huntington Beach, California. The airplane was not damaged and there were no injures.

Sources:

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/03/30/plane-lands-at-huntington-state-beach-parking-lot-pilot-wasnt-injured/
FAA

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Mar-2020 13:54 Captain Adam Added

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