ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219500
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| Date: | Friday 14 December 2018 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: | Detroit Flying Cars WD-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Detroit Flying Cars |
| Registration: | N112SD |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Willow Run Airport (KYIP), Detroit, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Willow Run (KYIP) |
| Willow Run (KYIP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft, an experimental Sanjay Dhall WD-1, experienced an uncontrolled ascent during a high-speed taxi test at Willow Run Airport (KYIP), Detroit, Michigan. The flying car/airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard injuries of an unspecified severity.
Sources:
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2018/12/14/experimental-plane-crashes-willow-run-airport/2313962002/?from=new-cookie
https://www.wxyz.com/news/experimental-plane-crashes-during-test-at-willow-run-airport
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Flying-Car-Prototype-Crashes-231996-1.html
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https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=112SD%20
https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/john-gallagher/2017/07/21/flying-cars-local-engineer-aims-get-fanciful-idea-off-ground/496563001/?from=new-cookie
https://detroitflyingcars.com
Media:
Experimental 'flying car' crash at Willow Run Airport near Detroit https://t.co/7b4zuVZlEF
— Fighter jets World (@FJW_Aviation) 15 décembre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2018 00:56 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Dec-2018 01:05 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2018 11:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 15-Dec-2018 11:40 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Dec-2018 11:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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