Incident Van's RV-8 N470LM, Thursday 23 February 2017
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Date:Thursday 23 February 2017
Time:17:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic RV8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Van's RV-8
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N470LM
MSN: 80070
Year of manufacture:2008
Total airframe hrs:250 hours
Engine model:Subaru H6
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Bangor, Butte County, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft, an experimental Guarino built RV-8, force landed to open field terrain southwest of Bangor, California. The airplane sustained unreported damage and one of the two occupants onboard was seriously injured.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: WPR17LA067
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.orovillemr.com/general-news/20170223/two-survive-thursday-evening-plane-crash-near-bangor
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:95:7993604487485::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:24-FEB-17,BANGOR,N470LM]
http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/NNum_results.aspx?NNumbertxt=470LM
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Van-s-RV-8/1975047

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2017 06:39 Geno Added
24-Feb-2017 18:08 Geno Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Feb-2017 18:31 junior sjc Updated [Operator, ]
26-Feb-2017 08:10 junior sjc Updated [Narrative, ]

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