Waco YMF, N63WC: Incidents occurred June 22, 2019 and June 02, 2017 in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Portland, Maine 

June 22, 2019:  Aircraft crashed into a marshy area. 

https://registry.faa.gov/N63WC

Date: 22-JUN-19
Time: 14:50:00Z
Regis#: N63WC
Aircraft Make: WACO
Aircraft Model: YMF
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: UNKNOWN
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 91
City: BAR HARBOR
State: MAINE

BAR HARBOR — A biplane carrying a pilot and two passengers went down in a marsh near Mount Desert Island high school Saturday morning. All three people were taken to MDI Hospital in ambulances, but injuries were reported to be minor.

Officials have not given a reason for the crash, but people in the area reported hearing the plane’s engine cut out as it flew over Somes Sound late morning, and seeing the plane go down into the trees.

The incident will be reviewed by the National Transportation Safety Board, Bar Harbor Fire Chief Matt Bartlett said in a statement.

The yellow, open cockpit biplane is believed to be owned by the Trenton-based Acadia Air Tours company.

The Bar Harbor police and fire departments received word of the crash at 10:47 a.m., Bartlett said, and the agencies began a search for the three people.

“The search team located the downed plane and occupants quickly with assistance from a Maine Forest Service helicopter” crew, Bartlett said. “The three occupants of the plane were walked out to waiting ambulances” from the Bar Harbor Fire Department and Northeast Harbor Ambulance Service.

The Maine Warden Service, Maine State Police, Hancock County Emergency Management Agency and Acadia National Park also assisted at the scene, Bartlett said.

Original article ➤ https://www.mdislander.com

BAR HARBOR (WGME) -- A plane crash near Mount Desert Island High School injured one person Saturday.

According into pictures from the Maine Forest Rangers, the plane landed upside near the Bar Harbor school.

Bar Harbor Fire Chief Matt Bartlett said there were no fatalities in the crash but one person was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Three people were said to be on board the plane.

Forest rangers responded along with firefighters and police.


Original article can be found here ➤  https://wgme.com

June 02, 2017:  Aircraft on landing, went off the runway into the grass.

Date: 02-JUN-17
Time: 16:24:00Z
Regis#: N63WC
Aircraft Make: WACO
Aircraft Model: WACO
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: UNKNOWN
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: SIGHT SEEING
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: BAR HARBOR
State: MAINE