The 1943 Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet crashed while en route to the Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum fly-in at Ken Jernstedt Airfield/Hood River Airport (4S2) in Hood River, Oregon. [Credit: Skamania County Sheriff's Office]
Key Takeaways:
A vintage 1943 Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet biplane crashed in Washington state while flying to the Hood River Fly-in, resulting in one fatality and serious injury to the pilot.
The deceased passenger was Jed Paul Kelly (45), while pilot Christopher M. Paulson (72) was seriously injured and transported for medical treatment.
The aircraft, which had broken formation from two other planes, was found inverted in rugged, heavily wooded terrain in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest after an extensive search.
The FAA, NTSB, and Skamania County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the accident, and Kelly was honored with a missing man formation flight at the fly-in.
Aviation authorities in Washington state are investigating the crash of a vintage biplane that went down en route to the Hood River Fly-in on Friday, leaving one dead.
The pilot of the 1943 Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet, 72-year-old Christopher M. Paulson, was seriously injured. Passenger Jed Paul Kelly, 45, was found dead in the wreckage.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
