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Husky Survives Sun ‘n Fun Tornado; Crashes on Way Home

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Key Takeaways:

  • Days after several Husky aircraft were damaged by a tornado at Sun 'n Fun, another Husky crashed near Laramie, Wyoming, while being flown back to the Aviat factory.
  • The crash tragically killed the sole occupant, 73-year-old Blake Chapman, a longtime Aviat factory pilot.
  • The accident occurred in light snow and limited visibility, with the aircraft appearing to crash in a near vertical attitude, despite being a bush plane equipped for off-airport landings.
  • The NTSB is currently investigating the incident.
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After the tornado at Sun ‘n Fun destroyed or heavily damaged several Husky aircraft that Aviat brought to the show, another was lost in a crash while being flown back to the Aviat factory in Afton, Wyoming, only days after Sun ‘n Fun ended.

The crash was reported on by the Laramie Boomarang online edition. The report incorrectly identifies the airplane as a Cessna 180, when photographs clearly show it to be a Husky. It was, in fact, the same Husky that Flying photographed on an air-to-air photo mission on the Saturday of the show. There are a number of seemingly inconsistent details that are known.

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