At about 10:00 EDT, a Beech D35 was found resting in a ditch just north of the Indiantown Airport with the left wing separated. Pilot information is unknown and the circumstances of the occurrence are unknown. The owner, whose medical was being reviewed by the FAA, reported that no one had his permission to fly the airplane. Investigators found ground tracks off the northwest end of the runway. The airplane then traveled up an embankment and into a ditch, where the airplane was observed to be upright and partially submerged.
Oct. 16, Indiantown, Fla. / Beech Bonanza
At about 10:00 EDT, a Beech D35 was found resting in a ditch just north of the Indiantown Airport with the left wing separated. Pilot information is unknown and the circumstances of the occurrence are unknown. The owner, whose medical was being reviewed by the FAA, reported that no one had his permission to fly the airplane. Investigators found ground tracks off the northwest end of the runway. The airplane then traveled up an embankment and into a ditch, where the airplane was observed to be upright and partially submerged....
Key Takeaways:
- A Beech D35 aircraft was discovered in a ditch north of Indiantown Airport with its left wing separated, after appearing to overshoot the runway.
- The pilot's identity and the circumstances surrounding the occurrence are currently unknown.
- The owner, whose medical was under FAA review, reported that no one had permission to fly the aircraft.
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