ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209981
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| Date: | Friday 27 April 2018 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  SkyStar Kitfox Series 5 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N181TW |
| MSN: | V9908-072 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kalkaska County between South Boardman and Kalkaska, MI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft, an experimental Wolfe built Kitfox V, impacted rural open field terrain in a near vertical descent in Kalkaska County between South Boardman and Kalkaska, Michigan. The airplane was destroyed and the two occupants, a man (70) and a woman (71) from Indiana were fatally injured.
Sources:
http://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/airplane-crash-kills-two/article_b2ddd1df-7ad5-5723-b8de-39f0f5fe091e.html
http://www.9and10news.com/2018/04/27/breaking-two-dead-plane-crash-kalkaska-county/
http://web.archive.org/web/20180501163717/http://upnorthlive.com/news/local/faa-investigates-small-plane-crash-in-kalkaska-county
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=818TW
Media:
🇺🇸🛩️KALKASKA COUNTY, Mich. USA - A small plane crash killed two people in Kalkaska County Friday afternoon. The red, single engine plane crashed just after 2 p.m. just west of US 131 and Vroom Road in Boardman Township. https://t.co/vlKOMnyHft pic.twitter.com/vxEW7hCPkO
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 28 avril 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 01:23 | Geno | Added |
| 28-Apr-2018 03:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2018 03:35 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 28-Apr-2018 04:41 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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