ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45317
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Date: | Thursday 9 January 2003 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Polsgrove Bluegrass Express |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N113YE |
MSN: | 099A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Grafton, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Georgetown, KY (27K) |
Destination airport: | Kansas City, MO (MKC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The experimental amateur homebuilt airplane was destroyed on impact with terrain. The pilot was fatally injured. A witness said that the pilot said he was leaving for Kansas City ,Missouri . Another witness said that the accident flight's takeoff was approximately 1130 on January 9, 2003. On January 25, 2003, a missing persons report was filed. The airplane's route of flight was searched by air and ground teams. The searching did not find the wreckage and on February 19, 2003, the mission was suspended. On July 30, 2003, the wreckage was found. Weather along a direct route of flight was VFR. Due to the damage the airplane sustained, pre-impact anomalies were unable to be determined. Decomposition of the body precluded a Final Forensic Toxicology Accident Report. The accident site was along a direct route of flight. The Civil Air Patrol Incident Commander stated that their search was hampered because of the time lapse between his departure and the report that he was overdue.
Probable Cause: Undetermined.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI03LA236 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030812X01314&key=1 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Oct-2008 00:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
08-Dec-2017 18:00 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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