14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, December 09, 2011 in Venice, FL
Aircraft: CESSNA 152, registration: N471TC
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
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On December 9, 2011, at 1040, eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N471TC, registered to Florida Flight Training Center and operated by an individual, incurred substantial damage during a force landing near the Venice Municipal Airport (VNC), Venice, Florida. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, personal flight. The flight was originating from the same airport.
The local authorities stated that pilot said the airplane had a loss of engine power during the initial climb after a touch and go landing on runway 04 at VNC. After the loss of power, the pilot maneuvered the airplane in a left turn colliding with electrical wires before impacting a business building.
The responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector conducted an examination of the airplane’s fuel systems at the accident site. No discrepancies were noted and sufficient fuel to operate the airplane was on board at the time of the accident. A post wreckage recovery engine run was conducted with FAA oversight. The engine started, produced, and maintained power without any discrepancies noted during the test run.
VENICE - The pilot of a Cessna 152 airplane walked away without a scratch after he crashed near the Venice Airport on Friday morning.
The plane was several hundred feet off the ground when it lost power. The rapidly falling airplane struck a utility pole and slammed into a building, then crashed nose-first on a concrete slab, its tail nearly snapped off.
As bystanders pulled him free of the wreckage seconds later, the pilot, Oleg Anatollyevich Bachurin, 42, held up both hands and shrugged his shoulders, saying: "I'm sorry."
Bachurin is a former Russian military jet pilot who is training for his U.S. commercial pilot's license. He was doing touch and go's at the Venice Airport when the plane engine cut out, according to Venice Police.
Bachurin said after the crash that he was gaining altitude when the Cessna he was flying "just stopped."
He would not comment further.
The plane hit a utility pole, which split into three pieces and toppled. Guy wires ran from the utility pole to a power pole a half block away. That pole snapped too, knocking out power to about 300 residents. No one on the ground was injured.
Sean Hill was the first person to reach the wreckage.
Hill was in his shop on Base Avenue, Alliance Fire & Safety, about 11 a.m. when he heard a loud bang and ran outside to see the plane nose-down on a concrete slab, with gasoline dripping from its engine.
He ran over to help the pilot out of his safety harness while someone else grabbed a fire extinguisher from the shop's ample stock.
"Obviously, we've got a few fire extinguishers around," Hill said.
Hill said he made eye contact to make sure the pilot was not injured.
Bachurin said: "I'm all right, I'm sorry," Hill recalled.
"He was dazed and confused but he was in good shape, thank God," Hill said.
Bachurin said he was sorry several more times as employees gathered around him a few feet from the wreckage. Arne Kruithof, owner of Florida Flight Training Center at the Venice Airport, owns the single-engine Cessna, which records show was built in 1977. He said Bachurin is scheduled to take his pilot's test next week, and return to Russia within the month.
Kruithof has owned the flight school for 20 years. Bachurin is one of about two dozen students, virtually all of whom are from other countries and are in Venice to study for their U.S. pilots license.
"In every pilot's career, there are at least one or two situations where you come close," he said.
After Bachurin gave a statement to police detectives that will be provided to the National Transportation Safety Board, he was making plans to get some lunch and get back up in the air.
Earlier
A pilot walked away from a plane crash this morning after his plane slammed into a power pole and then careened into a building north of the Venice Airport.
The pilot was flying a single-engine Cessna 152 when it slammed into a support power pole, knocking out power to about 300 nearby residents.
No one on the ground was injured.
Sean Hill was the first person to reach the pilot. He was in his shop on Base Avenue, Alliance Fire and Safety, when he heard a loud bang and ran outside to see the plane slammed into his building.
He ran over to help the pilot out of his safety harness as fuel was leaking from the plane.
Hill said he made eye contact to make sure the pilot wasn't hurt, and the pilot said "I'm alright, I'm sorry," Hill recalled.
"He was dazed and confused but he was in good shape, thank God," Hill said.
The pilot, whose name has not been released, first hit the pole about 10:45 a.m. Friday morning, snapping the pole in three pieces.
Hill said he did not hear the plane's engine before the crash, and thought the engine may have cut out before the crash.
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