FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Albany FSDO-01
AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL PIPISTREL VIRUS GLIDER, FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER, NEAR HORICON, NY
Time: 14:45:00Z
Regis#: N537PV
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: HORICON
State: New York
HORICON -- State Police are investigating a plane crash that occurred Monday morning in a field near Palisades Road.
No one was hurt in the 10:06 a.m. incident. A small, single-engine plane piloted by George H. Wiederkehr, 82, of Ballston Lake, flipped onto its roof when Wiederkehr tried to land in a field after he believed he was running out of fuel, police said.
Wiederkehr had flown from Lake Placid to Niettis Field in Delanson and had planned to land there, officials said. But he concluded that weather there was not conducive to landing and he was low on fuel, so he turned around and tried to return to Lake Placid, officials said.
As he flew north, he became worried about fuel levels and planned to try to land at an airfield in Schroon Lake, and tried to make an emergency landing in a field near Brant Lake that he saw when he descended through cloud cover.
The plane’s front landing gear failed as it rolled on the field, causing the front of the plane to hit the field and flip.
Police said the 2013 plane was a small, hand-made kit plane. The nose and landing gear suffered extensive damage.
The Federal Aviation Administration was assisting State Police with the investigation.
Source: http://poststar.com
HORICON—State Police are investigating a plane crash that occurred Monday morning in a field off Palisades Road in Brant Lake near Bent Lee Farm.
The pilot and sole occupant George H. Wiederkehr, 82, of Ballston Lake was uninjured.
The plane, a 2013 experimental single-engine aircraft, was located upside down in the field with damage to the front landing gear and nose of the aircraft.
The initial investigation found that Wiederkehr departed the Lake Placid Airport around 7:45 a.m. and was traveling south with a final destination of Niettis Field in Delanson.
Wiederkehr observed that he was low on fuel as he approached the Great Sacandaga Lake and turned back north in an attempt to land at the Schroon Lake Airport.
Wiederkehr descended through the cloud canopy and noted an open field where he attempted to land.
The front wheel of the landing gear dug into the ground and the aircraft overturned coming to rest on its roof shortly after 10 a.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration was advised of the accident and responded to the scene.
The FAA investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
Source: http://www.northcountrygazette.org
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