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Fri, May 23, 2003

Missing Gyroplane Found

An ALNOT (ALert NOTice) has been canceled, and the news isn't good: The Air and Space America gyroplane of Dr. John Barr, of Marion (KS), has turned up near Watertown (SD).

Wreckage of the craft, located Wednesday, was burned; the pilot was not alive when located.

The flight began Sunday night in Kansas, and flew into what a local paper called, "rainy and windy" weather in South Dakota. A refueling stop in Sioux Falls was the last recorded sighting, until the wreckage was discovered.

**   Report created 5/22/2003   Record 2   **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 6155S   Make/Model: UN18  Description: GYROCOPTER
  Date: 05/19/2003   Time: 0430
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal   Mid Air: N   Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
  City: WATERTOWN   State: SD   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIR SPACE AMERICA 18A GYROCOPTER, A SUBJECT OF AN ALERT NOTICE, CRASHED AND BURNED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, ACFT WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERTOWN, SD
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: METAR KATY 190653Z AUTO 01008KT 5SM BR BKN022 BKN029 OVC049 17/16 A2988
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown   Phase: Unknown   Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: SIOUX FALLS, SD  Dep Date: 05/19/2003   Dep. Time: 0430
  Destination: WATERTOWN, SD   Flt Plan: NONE   Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: UNK    Last Clearance: NONE
  FAA FSDO: RAPID CITY, SD  (GL27)  Entry date: 05/22/2003


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