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| Date: | Tuesday 19 June 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N72577 |
| MSN: | 9747 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Speyer Airfield (EDRY) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Speyer Airfield (EDRY) |
| Speyer Airfield (EDRY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While landing, the aircraft was hit by a gust of wind and did a ground loop off the runway. While doing so, the main landing gear ripped off and the aircraft came to a hold next to the runway, nearly flipping over. Fortunately no one got injured.
Sources:
Watched it happening
Location
Images:
Photo taken 3 days later at Speyer airfield.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2025 16:06 | Anon | Added |
| 30-Mar-2025 16:06 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
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