Roger Christiansen Injured In Piper Cub Accident

Roger Christiansen, a general aviation pilot of note in the Northwest, was severely injured Wednesday when his Piper PA-18 Cub went down just after take-off from Oak Harbor Airport (WA).

KOMO Television reports both of Christiansen's legs were fractured in the accident.

There's no initial word on the cause of the accident. Witnesses told authorities Christiansen had just lifted off from Oak Harbor when his Cub suddenly flipped over and impacted the ground while inverted.

FAA Preliminary Accident Report

IDENTIFICATION
 Regis#: 6410W    Make/Model: PA18   Description: PA-18 Super Cub (L-18C, L-21, U-7)
 Date: 10/13/2004   Time: 2018

 Event Type: Accident  Highest Injury: Serious   Mid Air: N  Missing: N
 Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
 City: OAK HARBOR         State: WA  Country: US

DESCRIPTION
 ACFT CRASHED AND FLIPPED OVER, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED,
 OAK HARBOR, WA

INJURY DATA   Total Fatal:  0
         # Crew:  1   Fat:  0   Ser:  1   Min:  0   Unk: 
         # Pass:  0    Fat:  0   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 
         # Grnd:        Fat:  0   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED                                

OTHER DATA
 Activity: Unknown   Phase: Unknown   Operation: General Aviation

 Departed: UNK             Dep Date:  Dep. Time:  
 Destination: UNK           Flt Plan: UNK     Wx Briefing: U
 Last Radio Cont: UNK
 Last Clearance: UNK

 FAA FSDO: SEATTLE, WA (NM01)          Entry date: 10/14/2004

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