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| Date: | 31-OCT-2009 |
| Time: | noon |
| Type: | Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1198C |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2485 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Sikeston, Missouri -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Cape Girardeau |
During takeoff from a private landing strip, the aircraft´s wing hit a shed close to the runway and the aircraft cartwheeled, hit the ground and caught fire. Both occupants sustained fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=11419694
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1583568.html
Added by slowkid (2009-11-01 21:56)
Corrected/updated by slowkid (2009-11-01 21:57)
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