ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145735
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 19-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 16:06 LT |
| Type: | Titan Tornado II (built by David L. Dial) |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N158TX |
| C/n / msn: | D95EA81C0HK0 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2+ miles west of Checotah, OK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | local airstrip |
| local airstrip |
A Titan Tornado II, N158TX, experimental amateur built ultralight aircraft (built by David L. Dial, full c/n D95EA81C0HK0158) crashed west of Checotah, Oklahoma.
The cause of the crash is initially being blamed on mechanical failure.
It had just taken off from an airstrip a few hundred yards away before it took a nose dive into an open field.
The pilot was killed.
Sources:
http://www.ktul.com/story/18563189/plane-crashes-west-of
http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/news/crimewatch/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20120519_450_0_Asingl173230
http://www.news9.com/story/18563800/plane-crashes-near-checotah
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=158TX
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120519X31312&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2012 01:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-May-2012 09:54 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2012 11:06 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 22-May-2012 13:17 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
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