LINCOLN, Maine — Brian Souers wanted to be one of those pilots who never crashed an airplane, but a few seconds of sudden, nasty tailwind derailed that goal. Souers was landing his Glasair 1 experimental craft at Lincoln Regional Airport at about 2:50 p.m. Sunday when a gust lifted the tail of the plane, which went off the runway, flipped onto its nose and landed on its back, he said. “The wind has been variable all day,” Souers said. “I feel bad about the [damage to the airplane], but I certainly feel good that it wasn’t worse than it was.” With some assistance from other pilots at the airport, Souers climbed out from under the plane with cuts and bruises. The plane had damage to its nose and propeller, a cracked cockpit canopy and a break at the top of its tail. It is repairable, Souers said. (read more at BangorDailyNews)
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 352GL Make/Model: EXP Description: SH 2 EXP
Date: 04/01/2012 Time: 1900
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: LINCOLN State: ME Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER, LINCOLN, ME
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: PORTLAND, ME (EA65) Entry date: 04/02/2012
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