Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Kitfox 4-1200, N777ZX: Aircraft landed on ice and flipped over


HURON COUNTY (WJRT) - (12/26/12) -  A pilot has been rescued after an accident with his experimental plane in Huron County. 

Sheriff Kelly Hanson tells us Rodney Brocke, a 49-year-old pilot from Bay City, was on Maisou Island in Saginaw Bay Tuesday for target shooting.

Once there, he was doing some practice landings with his experimental Kitfox. 

That's when the landing gear broke through the ice, ripping off a wheel. 

The plane flipped over, but Brocke was able to free himself and call his wife for help.

Story and reaction/comments:   http://www.abc12.com

http://registry.faa.gov/N777ZX

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 777ZX        Make/Model: EXP       Description: KITFOX 4
  Date: 12/24/2012     Time: 2200

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: SEBEWAING   State: MI   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ICE AND FLIPPED OVER, NEAR SEBEWAING, MI

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: Unknown      Phase: Landing      Operation: OTHER


  FAA FSDO: DETROIT, MI  (GL23)                   Entry date: 12/26/2012 

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