Aviation
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USA
bizarre accident
Plane crashes and hits kayak leaving woman seriously injured
Injured Kayak
Photo/Yamhill County Sheriffs Office
Gabriela Ramos
8/9/2021
Last Wednesday, August 4, a Piper J-3C-65 Cub aircraft that was trying to take off crashed into the Willamette River in Oregon, USA, and hit a kayak in which a 42-year-old woman was sailing. wound, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office in Oregon. The accident is being investigated and its causes are not yet known.
The pilot, who has logged 6,500 flight hours and is 69 years old, was trying to take off the plane from the Lower Lambert Bar when something went wrong and the plane crashed into the river, hitting the kayak. Surprisingly, both the aircraft and the kayak were slightly damaged, but the woman who was sailing in the kayak was seriously injured. The pilot reported that he had taken off from the Lower Lambert Bar at least 50 times.
Piper J-3 Cub
Ahunt at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
According to the Oregon Live newspaper, the pilot is collaborating with the investigations and will return to the takeoff site to try to reproduce what happened.
A rescue boat was sent to the scene of the accident, from where the victim was taken to a hospital with head and leg injuries. Along with the victim, another person was also sailing in the kayak, but was not injured. According to KGW8 channel, the victim must fully recover.
The J3C-65 Cub is an aircraft known for its ease of flying and its ability to take off and land on many surfaces thanks to its large tires. Furthermore, it is a low and slow flight aircraft. It is a 1937 jet, which served to train a huge generation of pilots, but despite its age, its low operating cost and its simple design allow many models to still operate in good airworthiness conditions today.
The crashed aircraft, registration N6018H, uses a four-cylinder 85 HP Continental C85 piston engine.
Lower Lambert Bar localization
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Gabriela Ramos
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