IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 247E Make/Model: WACO Description: O, E, GXE, CTO Date: 11/04/2012 Time: 2300 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Unknown LOCATION City: LAFAYETTE State: LA Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON THE RUNWAY, LAFAYETTE, LA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: OTHER DATA Activity: Pleasure Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 11/05/2012
http://registry.faa.gov/N247E
LAFAYETTE, La. - The aviation director at Lafayette Regional Airport says an antique plane has crashed there, but the pilot and two passengers all escaped without injury.
Gregory Roberts says the plane crashed about 5 p.m. Sunday while approaching the airport.
The airport was closed while rescue workers assessed the situation. Roberts says the National Transportation Safety Board was being contacted about removing the damaged plane, which he believed was built by Waco Aircraft.
Waco Aircraft Corp. of Battle Creek, Mich., says that from 1919 to 1947, Waco Aircraft Co. of Troy, Ohio, built more aircraft than any other manufacturer. The Michigan company's website says it began producing planes in 1986, using the design of Waco's last model re-engineered to meet current Federal Aviation Administration requirements.
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