Cessna A150L, N6006J: Accident occurred August 17, 2012 in Tribune, Kansas

NTSB Identification: CEN12LA552 
 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, August 17, 2012 in Tribune, KS
Aircraft: CESSNA A150L, registration: N6006J
Injuries: 1 Serious.

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On August 17, 2012, about 1300 central daylight time, a Cessna A150L, N6006J, impacted a corn field 13 miles, north of Tribune, Kansas. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was seriously injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The local flight originated from Tribune Municipal Airport (K5K2) about 1200.

The pilot reportedly told rescuers that he lost control while in a bank, recovered, and impacted terrain.

 http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N6006J

 A western Kansas man is injured after crashing his fixed-wing airplane into a Greeley County cornfield. 

The Garden City Telegram reports 52-year-old A.B. Smith of Sharon Springs was flying the single-engine Cessna at 10:38 a.m. Friday when he lost control of the plane when banking to turn.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says Smith was able to straighten out the plane and crash landed in a field near Tribune. It came to rest on its landing gear in an upright position.

Smith was taken to Greeley County Hospital, which declined to release information about his condition late Friday. A woman at the hospital told The Associated Press on Saturday he was transferred to a different hospital soon after he arrived, but she didn't have information on where he was taken.

Source:  http://www.kfdi.com

Published 8/18/2012 
By The Telegram

The pilot of a fixed-wing aircraft was hospitalized following a crash landing in Greeley County around 10:38 a.m. on Friday.

A. B. Smith, 52, Sharon Springs, was taken to Greeley County Hospital following the crash landing about 13.1 miles north of the Kansas Highway 27 and Kansas Highway 96 junction in Tribune, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

A KHP report said Smith was flying the single-engine 1971 Cessna plane and lost control of the plane when banking to turn.

Smith was able to straighten out, and landed in a cornfield with the plane, coming to rest on its landing gear in an upright position, according to the KHP.

Hospital at Greeley County Hospital did not release information about Smith's condition late Friday.

Smith was wearing a safety restraint, the KHP also said.

Source:  http://www.gctelegram.com