Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Jabiru J230-SP, N728J: Accident occurred October 19 and Incident occurred October 18, 2021 in Boones Mill, Franklin County, Virginia

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Richmond, Virginia

https://registry.faa.gov/N728J

October 19, 2021:
Aircraft doing practice high speed taxi runs to evaluate a takeoff area on a gravel road, lost control and struck a state trooper car. 

Date: 19-OCT-21
Time: 15:10:00Z
Regis#: N728J
Aircraft Make: JABIRU
Aircraft Model: J230
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBTANTIAL
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: TAXI (TXI)
Operation: 91
City: BOONES MILL
State: VIRGINIA

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Richmond, Virginia

October 18, 2021:  Aircraft made emergency landing in field due to problems switching fuel tanks. 


Date: 18-OCT-21
Time: 23:30:00Z
Regis#: N728J
Aircraft Make: JABIRU
Aircraft Model: J230-SP
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EMERGENCY DESCENT (EMG)
Operation: 91
City: BOONES MILL
State: VIRGINIA

October 19, 2021

October 19, 2021


BOONES MILL, Virginia - No one was hurt in an incident involving a small plane and a Virginia State Police car.

State Police say the pilot of a small plane wasn’t able to switch fuel tanks during flight and made an emergency landing Monday evening on Apple Road in Franklin County. That’s in the Boones Mill area. The pilot stayed with the plane overnight and fixed the fuel issue, but did not attempt a takeoff Monday night because of darkness.

Late Tuesday morning, the pilot practiced a dry takeoff run to see if the plane could get fast enough to lift off, according to police. As he slowed the plane after the test run, he couldn’t get the plane stopped in time because of a gravel road, and hit a parked Virginia State Police car with the left wing of the plane.

No one was in the car at the time.

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