UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 1 PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, NEAR SMETHPORT, PA
FAA FSDO: ALLEGHENY CO., PA (EA03)
Regis#: UNREG
Make/Model: ULTR
Description: UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT
Date: 06/14/2012
Time: 2130
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
City: SMETHPORT
State: PA
State Police in Kane say 48-year-old Michael R. Duffy, of Smethport, PA, was killed when his ultralight aircraft crashed at a private airstrip in Keating Township on Thursday, June 14.
Duffy was killed instantly in the crash, according to police.
He was the owner of Duffy Inc., an excavation company in East Smethport.
At 5:43 pm on Thursday, Smethport Fire Dept and Priority Care Ambulance have been dispatched to a Ultralight airplane crash in an airstrip in a field behind the old Highlander Inn. Responders to meet individual on a 4 wheeler behind the old Highlander Inn to be taken to the victim who is reported unresponsive.
LZ BEING SET UP FOR MERCY FLIGHT TO THE AIRSTRIP
HELICOPTER HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Mt. Jewett Echo is reporting that the pilot of this plane was found to be deceased.
State Police have identified the pilot who died in the crash as Michael R. Duffy, 48, of Smethport, Pennsylvania
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