ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146515
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 26-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | 07:37 EDT |
| Type: |  Tito C Nappi Lancair 235M |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N18TN |
| C/n / msn: | 117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Chicago/Rockford International Airport - KRFD, Chicago/Rockford, -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | 2IL9 |
| KRFD |
After reporting that the airplane was on fire, the pilot of a single-engine plane, a Tito C Nappi Lancair 235M, N18TN, was killed when the plane he was flying crashed while on approach to the Chicago/Rockford International Airport - KFRD, Chicago/Rockford, Illinois.
The small plane crashed about five to eight miles from the airport, in rural Monroe Center Tuesday morning 26 June 2012, according to an FAA spokesperson. Monroe Center is about 10 miles south of Rockford.
Sources:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/18881674/small-plane-reportedly-crashes-near-rockford
http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1081601623/Pilot-dies-in-plane-crash-near-Rockford-airport?photo=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120627X04941&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2012 14:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Jun-2012 15:58 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2012 22:15 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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