IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 989BT Make/Model: C172 Description: 172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla Date: 08/03/2012 Time: 2158 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Substantial LOCATION City: LEESVILLE State: LA Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, FLIPPED OVER OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, LEESVILLE, LA 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: Training Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 08/06/2012
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At approximately 5:10 p.m., the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a crashed aircraft at the airport.
Upon arrival, officials found a single-engine Cessna aircraft lying on its roof in a grassy area north of the runway. The plane was occupied by only the male pilot, who was uninjured in the accident.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been contacted regarding the crash. Due to the pending investigation by the FAA, officials have not yet released the pilot’s name.
Detectives and deputies from the VPSO, as well as members of the Leesville City Police and Fire Department, responded to the crash.
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The pilot of a small plane survived a crash in Vernon Parish on Friday afternoon.
The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office says it got the call about a crash at the Leesville Airport just after 5 p.m.
When emergency personnel arrived, they found a single engine Cessna aircraft lying on its roof in a grassy area north of the end of the runway.
Just the pilot was on board, and he was not injured in the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration was contacted and agents will be conducting an investigation into the incident.
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