ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94037
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| Date: | 26-FEB-2011 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  BAC 167 Strikemaster |
| Operator: | Michael Faraldi |
| Registration: | N167SM |
| C/n / msn: | EEP/JP/165 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Hudson River, Kingston, New York -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | KJST |
| K1B1 |
N167SM BAC Strikemaster had just been picked up and, was flying Nashville to its Columbia County Airport in Hudson NY. He had just refueled at KJST - six of his pilot friends had gathered at Kingston-Ulster Airport to see the jet - N167SM performed a low pass down runway 15 - witnesses stated as soon as he banked left - the aircraft appeared to stall and nosed straight into the frozen Hudson River.
State police divers in New York have recovered the pilot's body from the cockpit of a vintage military jet that crashed into ice on the Hudson River near a Kingston airport. The wreckage was located in the Hudson River, in ice-covered, shallow water, at approximate co-ordinates of 41 degrees 58.85N, 073 degrees 56.82W.
Sources:
http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/eyqwbr551vbksm55f31mh4zb1/D11262011120000.pdf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdl_photography/5147577341/sizes/l/in/photostream
http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_jets_bac167-dragon.asp
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20110228/NEWS01/102280327/Recovery-of-pilot-s-body-wreckage-leads-to-probe
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17490876
http://www.ourairports.com/airports/K20N/http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/43347226/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2011 16:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Feb-2011 17:27 | bizjets101 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2011 17:36 | bizjets101 | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 28-Feb-2011 08:45 | bizjets101 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2011 14:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2011 15:33 | Skymanbob | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2011 15:29 | 72.43.179.230 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2011 12:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 12:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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