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Thu, Jan 16, 2003

Impossible, Continued

Every once in a while, we come across one of the preliminary FAA Accident/Incident reports that's pretty unusual. Like performing a ground loop at altitude, the particular maneuver described below is difficult to perform while taxiing...

**   Report created 1/14/03   Record 5  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 235BW        Make/Model: EXP      Description: ATLANTICA 235 FG EXP
  Date: 01/09/2003     Time: 1805
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor
LOCATION
  City: MELBOURNE   State: FL   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  ACFT WHILE TAXIING, STALLED AND CRASHED ON THE RWY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, MELBOURNE, FL
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   Y
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: METAR MLB 1752Z 280015KTG20KTS SCT0411 BKN049 23/14 2996
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Taxi      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: MELBOURNE, FL               Dep Date:    Dep. Time:
  Destination: MELBOURNE, FL            Flt Plan: NONE         Wx Briefing: N
  Last Radio Cont: 1804/
  Last Clearance: ON RY 27R
  FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL  (SO15)                   Entry date: 01/13/2003

[What really happened, as told by the rumpled but undamaged pilot, is at the company's website, www.wingco.com]

 


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