Thursday, August 02, 2012

Experimental plane crashes upside down in trees – Bob Lee Flight Strip (1J6) DeLand, Florida


Volusia County deputy sheriffs are responding to the scene of a plane crash in DeLand where an experimental aircraft crashed due to engine failure, officials said. 

The pilot was not harmed, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesman Gary Davidson.

He took off from Bob Lee Airport at about 7:49 a.m. in his single-seat experimental plane when the plane banked hard to the right and crashed into a treeline near the airstrip.

Sheriff’s Office dispatchers reported the pilot was able to leave the scene on foot while his aircraft remained inverted in the trees and heavily damaged.


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DeLAND, Fla.   - An experimental plane crashed into some trees Thursday morning in DeLand, but the pilot was not injured.

According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, the plane took off from Bob Lee Airport but its engine failed a short time later.

The plane crashed upside down into a tree line just north of the airstrip, deputies said.

The aircraft, which remains in the trees, was damaged, but the pilot was unharmed, deputies said.

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