PEACHEY SAM R: http://registry.faa.gov/N209SP
NTSB Identification: ERA14CA234
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Roxbury, PA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 06/05/2014
Aircraft: SAM R PEACHEY JUST AIRCRAFT HIGHLA, registration: N209SP
Injuries: 1 Minor,1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
According to the pilot, he was flying about 500 feet above the ground, dropping candy to children as part of a church outing. He encountered a "rotor" wind off the nearby mountain and when he initiated a turn, the wing stalled. He lost control of the airplane and crashed near a church camp. The airplane came to rest, inverted. An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration examined the airplane and confirmed substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during low altitude maneuvering.
NTSB Identification: ERA14CA234
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Roxbury, PA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 06/05/2014
Aircraft: SAM R PEACHEY JUST AIRCRAFT HIGHLA, registration: N209SP
Injuries: 1 Minor,1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
According to the pilot, he was flying about 500 feet above the ground, dropping candy to children as part of a church outing. He encountered a "rotor" wind off the nearby mountain and when he initiated a turn, the wing stalled. He lost control of the airplane and crashed near a church camp. The airplane came to rest, inverted. An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration examined the airplane and confirmed substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during low altitude maneuvering.
AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING IN A FIELD.
FAA Harrisburg FSDO-13
LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP -- Sam Peachey of Belleville knew it was going to be a bumpy flight with the wind conditions picking up during the early afternoon on Sunday.
It turned out to be the bumpiest flight Peachey ever experienced in 22 years of being a pilot.
Peachey crashed a single-engine, two-seat plane into the trees at the Roxbury Holiness Campgrounds just off the 13000 block of Cumberland Highway, Letterkenny Township, at about 1:45 p.m. Sunday. After hitting the trees, the plane flipped upside down and landed on its roof.
Peachey refused medical treatment at the scene of the accident, and a child passenger, who was a family member, was transported to Chambersburg Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“It’s by the grace of God that I’m alive,” Peachey said.
Peachey took off from a nearby airfield, and had been in the air for about 15 minutes when a down draft forced the plane to touch down in a field near the crash site. However, the wind proceeded to lift his plane back into the air, and threw the aircraft into the trees.
The state police and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the accident, said Dale Myers, chief of the Pleasant Hall Fire Department.
Peachey’s family was holding a reunion near the crash site.
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LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP >> A child was sent to the hospital after a two-seater plane crashed Sunday around 1:45 p.m. at the Roxbury Holiness Camp, according to officials.
Fire Chief Dale Myers with Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Department said the pilot of the plane refused treatment after the crash, which flipped the plane and knocked down several trees.
The pilot and the child, who was a passenger, were both able to get out of the plane on their own, he said. Myers said the child was sent for precautionary medical observation.
According to Myers, the pilot was performing for attendees of the camp outside Roxbury when the plane hit some wind gusts and hit some trees on the property. The wind may have been a factor in the crash but officials are still investigating, Myers said.
Pennsylvania State Police are also investigating, he said. The name of the pilot had not been released as of Sunday evening.
The incident represents the second instance of aviation trouble in Franklin County within a week. On Tuesday, another airplane made a hard emergency landing in a field near Chambersburg Airport after experiencing engine failure before a landing approach.
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Scene of a single-engine plane crash at the Roxbury Holiness Campgrounds in the 13000 block of Cumberland Highway in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Pilot Sam Peachey, center, near the crash scene.
Pilot Sam Peachey near the crash scene.
A small airplane flipped and knocked down trees Sunday afternoon during a performance for attendees at Roxbury Holiness Camp.
A plane is being loaded onto a flatbed truck after a crash Sunday in Letterykenny Township.
According to dispatchers, a single-engine plane crashed Sunday at the 1300 block of Cumberland Highway in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County.
It happened before at approximately 1:45 p.m near the Roxbury Holiness Camp.
Authorities spoke to the pilot and were told the plane was struck down by a shaft of wind causing the plane to go sideways and the pilot to lose control. The plane hit two trees before falling to the ground upside down.
Two passengers were reportedly on board. Both were transported to Chambersburg Hospital.
