Incident American AA-1 N5703L Brigham City Airport

American AA-1, N5703L: Incident occurred March 12, 2016 at Brigham City Airport (KBMC), Box Elder County, Utah. The FAA and NTSB are investigating after a crash landing of a single engine plane. Authorities say a 48-year-old pilot performed a hard landing onto the runway of the Brigham City Airport. This caused the small plane he was flying to flip over. Fortunately, the pilot suffered only minor injuries in the crash landing.

A Brigham City man suffered minor injuries Saturday when his small plane flipped over upon landing at the Brigham City Regional Airport. The 48-year-old pilot was attempting to land at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday when the tubing that supported the front wheel of his aircraft was damaged upon impact. The bent tubing caused the plane to veer off the runway and flip, Pugsley said. The pilot was checked out at an area hospital, and was released. The FAA is investigating the crash

Date: 12-MAR-16 Time: 21:45:00Z
Regis#: N5703L - Event Type: Incident
Aircraft Make: AMERICAN AVIATION Aircraft Model: AA1
Highest Injury: Unknown Damage: Unknown
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Salt Lake City FSDO-07
City: BRIGHAM CITY State: Utah

A man was treated and released with minor injuries after his plane crashed at the Brigham City airport Saturday. A 48-year-old pilot flying a Grumman plane was approaching the airport when his front landing gear began having problems, said Tyler Pugsly, Brigham City's public works director and airport manager. The pilot was the only person in the plane and was not seriously hurt. (ABC4 Utah)
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