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CLINTON — Inspectors from the Little Rock office of the Federal Aviation Administration were expected here today to investigate the crash of an experimental aircraft that left two people injured Thursday night.
Stephan James was piloting a Zenith Zodiac aircraft at the Clinton Municipal Airport when the plane went down. He was airlifted to a hospital. Passenger Justin Allen was taken by ambulance to Ozark Health Medical Center in Clinton.
The aircraft took off about 4:40 p.m. Thursday but could not maintain flight, according to Will Dawson of Dawson Aircraft and manager of the airport.
Dawson said James had owned the plane about two years and had flown it a couple of times.
Dawson said his crew heard a popping noise and saw the crashed aircraft about a quarter-mile away.
The crew lifted the plane off James and Allen, Dawson said. James had to be helped out of the wreckage, Dawson said.
James, who is in his early 60s, is an Air Force veteran and a former deputy prosecutor in Van Buren County.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 274 Make/Model: EXP Description: CH601 ZODIAC
Date: 11/17/2011 Time: 2245
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: CLINTON State: AR Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR CLINTON, AR
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: 1
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: 1
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: 172235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/M12 A3034
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: LITTLE ROCK, AR (SW11) Entry date: 11/18/2011
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