Saturday, September 29, 2012

Sarpy County, Nebraska: Powered parachute crash

A man and woman soaring through the air fell rapidly to the ground Friday night when the powered-parachute to which they were attached lost power, Sarpy County authorities said.
http://www.wopular.com

 The National Transportation Safety Board was on the scene of an ultralight plane crash in southern Sarpy County Friday night that seriously injured the pilot. A passenger suffered minor injuries.  
 
Ultralight planes are small, one or two-person, personal aircraft. The kind that crashed is technically called a powered parachute.

Sarpy County Sheriff's Department deputies said the pilot had to bank hard to avoid an irrigation structure, then possibly over-steered, lost control and crashed. The pilot was taken to the trauma center in serious condition. The passenger was treated and released at the scene.


No names have been released.


http://www.wowt.com

SARPY COUNTY - Dispatchers confirm an ultralight aircraft crashed Friday night.  It happened just before 6pm at 124th and Buffalo.

Dispatchers say one person was taken to the hospital for his injuries; a second person was treated on the scene but wasn't transported.

Police haven't released the name of the pilot or passenger.

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