ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146437
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 22-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | 10:01 EDT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C90GT King Air |
| Operator: | OZ Gas Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N508GT |
| C/n / msn: | LJ-1775 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Coopers Rock State Forest, about 7.5 miles east of Morgantown, WV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | PA88 |
| KMGW |
A Beechcraft C90GT King Air, N508GT, experienced an in-flight breakup when it clipped the antenna of a broadcasting tower and subsequently crashed near the Sand Spring Campground area in Coopers Rock State Forest, Monongalia County, about 7.5 miles east of Morgantown, West Virginia. The aircraft was destroyed by the impacts with the tower and terrain.
The sole pilot onboard the aircraft received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://triblive.com/news/2078674-74/plane-antenna-aviation-broadcasting-crashed-damage-died-equipment-federal-person
http://www.wboy.com/story/18855758/monongalia-county-sheriffs-department-responds-to-reported-fatal-plane-crash
http://times-news.com/local/x1638291976/Pilot-dies-in-plane-crash-near-Morgantown
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N508GT
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120622X22743&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2012 13:51 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Jun-2012 14:03 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2012 00:08 | atc_av8r | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2012 00:13 | harro | Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative]] |
| 23-Jun-2012 17:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2012 18:12 | RobertMB | Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 24-Jun-2012 05:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Jun-2012 08:53 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2012 08:56 | Geno | Updated [Narrative] |
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