Diana
Final Approach
This is a cross post from the AOPA forum, but I thought those of you who don't go there might be interested...especially those of you who are planning to fly to Gaston's.
A friend of ours just flew in to visit, and told us there was another accident at Gaston's. He spent last weekend down there and the accident happened while he was eating in the restaurant. It was an American AA-1. (Don't know if you call those a Grumman or not?) The airplane came to rest beyond the end of Runway 6.
Anyway, here's the comment from the FAA accident site:
ACFT ON TAKEOFF, HIT A DIP, BECAME AIRBORNE, ABORTED TAKEOFF, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, LAKEVIEW, AR
Dave said they walked down and looked at it. It had a broken nose gear and a bent prop.
Here's the weather report from BPK about the time of the accident:
WEATHER: METAR BPK AUTO 222153Z 22008KT 10SM CLR 28/06 A2993
At least no one was injured this time.
A friend of ours just flew in to visit, and told us there was another accident at Gaston's. He spent last weekend down there and the accident happened while he was eating in the restaurant. It was an American AA-1. (Don't know if you call those a Grumman or not?) The airplane came to rest beyond the end of Runway 6.
Anyway, here's the comment from the FAA accident site:
ACFT ON TAKEOFF, HIT A DIP, BECAME AIRBORNE, ABORTED TAKEOFF, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, LAKEVIEW, AR
Dave said they walked down and looked at it. It had a broken nose gear and a bent prop.
Here's the weather report from BPK about the time of the accident:
WEATHER: METAR BPK AUTO 222153Z 22008KT 10SM CLR 28/06 A2993
At least no one was injured this time.