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Date: | Saturday 21 April 2012 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Sopwith Pup L.R.T. repl. (built by Glenn B. Burt |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N6184 |
MSN: | N6184 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Lake Wausau, near the Wausau Downtown Airport - KAUW, WI -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | KAUW |
Destination airport: | KAUW |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:While practicing touch-and-go landings, a Sopwith Pup L.R.T. replica (built by Glenn B. Burt) crashed into Lake Wausau when approaching Wausau Downtown Airport - KAUW, Wisconsin, after engine problems.
The pilot was uninjured.
Crews are working to recover the plane to get more information about the crash.
Sources:
https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/go-715/?from=new-cookie http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20120421/WDH0101/120421013/Updated-Handmade-biplane-crashes-into-Lake-Wausau
http://www.waow.com/story/17649343/plane-crashes-into-lake-wausau
http://homebuiltdirectory.com/index.php?a=2&b=513 (infopage)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2012 11:55 |
gerard57 |
Added |
21-Apr-2012 14:24 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
21-Apr-2012 14:27 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-Apr-2012 20:17 |
Geno |
Updated [Source] |
21-Apr-2012 20:26 |
Geno |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |