Second Accident In Two Days In Area
For the second time in two days, citizens near the border of
North Carolina and Virginia were rattled this weekend by a fatal
plane crash. A pilot flying a homebuilt Vans RV-4 was killed Sunday
afternoon, when his plane went down near Elkin Municipal Airport
(ZEF).
According to local media reports, the accident aircraft was part
of a flight of three that landed at the airport at 3:00 pm Sunday
afternoon. About 75 minutes later, the three aircraft departed,
with each plane circling back to the airport so the pilots could
wave to their friends. ZEF Director Sandy Shore told The Mount Airy
News one of the planes lost control during the maneuver, impacted
the runway in a nose-down attitude, then caught fire after striking
an embankment.
The pilot was identified Sunday night as Lawrence Darrell
Proctor, 64. The other two aircraft landed safely.
On Monday, investigators with the National Transportation Safety
Board said Proctor was attempting a low-altitude aileron roll when
he lost control, reports the Winston-Salem Journal. "I don’t
know the person’s intent," said NTSB senior air-safety
investigator Tim Monville.
Personnel with the safety board were on the scene quickly,
having just finished their on-site investigations of a second
accident scene 25 miles away... the Friday downing of a King Air
C90A near Mount Airy, NC. As ANN reported, that crash
claimed the lives of six people; investigators say the crash
occurred when the turboprop broke off its initial approach to land
at the airport, in low visibility conditions.
Weather conditions were reportedly clear and calm at Elkin on
Sunday. The accident was the first fatality in the
airport's history.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#:
580RG Make/Model:
RV4 Description: RV-4
Date: 02/03/2008 Time: 2117
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
Fatal Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: ELKIN State: NC Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE RUNWAY UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES,
THE ONE PERSON
ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, ELKIN, NC
INJURY DATA Total
Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat:
1 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: KUKF 032121Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 15
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase:
Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: GREENSBORO, NC
(SO05)
Entry date: 02/04/2008