At 10:30 CST, an Aerotek Pitts S-2A struck a golf cart while landing on runway 14 at Shelby County Airport, killing the driver of the golf cart and leaving the pilot uninjured. The golf cart was being used to apply weed killer adjacent to runway 14 and was about five feet off the side of the 200-foot-wide runway. The airplane struck the vehicle about 500 to 600 feet from the point of touchdown.
April 1, Shelbyville, Ill. / Pitts S-2A
At 10:30 CST, an Aerotek Pitts S-2A struck a golf cart while landing on runway 14 at Shelby County Airport, killing the driver of the golf cart and leaving the pilot uninjured. The golf cart was being used to apply weed killer adjacent to runway 14 and was about five feet off the side of the 200-foot-wide runway. The airplane struck the vehicle about 500 to 600 feet from the point of touchdown....
Key Takeaways:
- A fatal incident occurred at Shelby County Airport when a landing Aerotek Pitts S-2A aircraft struck a golf cart adjacent to runway 14.
- The golf cart driver, who was applying weed killer approximately five feet off the runway, was killed in the collision.
- The aircraft's pilot was uninjured in the incident, which happened 500 to 600 feet from the plane's touchdown point.
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