Cessna 172R, N989BT: Aircraft on landing, flipped over off the end of the runway, Leesville, Louisiana

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 

 http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=989BT

(Photo from the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office)

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(Photo from the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office)

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(Photo from the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office)

Leesville, La. — No one was injured when a single-engine aircraft crashed Friday evening at the Leesville Airport.

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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