Van's RV-6, N642LT: Accident occurred February 24, 2021 at Hampton Airfield (7B3), Rockingham County, New Hampshire

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. 

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.

Additional Participating Entity:

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

https://registry.faa.gov/N642LT

Location: North Hampton, NH 

Accident Number: ERA21LA136

Date & Time: February 24, 2021, 09:46 Local

Registration: N642LT

Aircraft: TURCOTTE JR ROBERT L RV6

Injuries: 1 None

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: TURCOTTE JR ROBERT L 

Registration: N642LT

Model/Series: RV6 

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built: No

Operator: 

Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

Operator Designator Code:

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: VMC

Condition of Light: Day

Observation Facility, Elevation: PSM, 100 ft msl

Observation Time: 09:56 Local

Distance from Accident Site: 7 Nautical Miles

Temperature/Dew Point: 6°C /-4°C

Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered / 4000 ft AGL

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 9 knots / , 240°

Lowest Ceiling: None 

Visibility: 10 miles

Altimeter Setting: 29.93 inches Hg 

Type of Flight Plan Filed:

Departure Point: Warehouse Point, CT (7B6)

Destination: North Hampton, NH

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 1 None 

Aircraft Damage: Substantial

Passenger Injuries: 

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries: 

Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 1 None 

Latitude, Longitude: 42.961567,-70.830254 (est)

HAMPTON, New Hampshire (WHDH) - Two people were injured after a small plane veered off a runway and overturned in New Hampshire on Wednesday morning.

Emergency crews responding to a report of a plane crash at the Hampton Airfield on Lafayette Road in North Hampton around 9:30 a.m. found a Van's RV-6 resting upside down in the snow-covered median between the taxiway and runway, according to police.

The pilot, 70-year-old Robert Turcotte, of Broad Brook, Connecticut, and his passenger, 68-year-old William Kulle, of Springfield, Massachusetts, suffered minor injuries and were evaluated at the scene.

Police say the plane had departed Skylark Airport in East Windsor, Connecticut, around 8:30 a.m. before crashing at Hampton Airfield.

The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation are investigating the cause of the crash.

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