Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
03JUN2008 at 1010LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Martin Lewis
Registration
 
N849MA
Location
 
Iowa City
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
Iowa City - Decatur
 
Construction number
 
412
Year of manufacture
 
2007
     
Crew on board
 
1
Pax on board
 
2
Crew fatalities
 
0
Pax fatalities
 
1
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
1

Circumstances
   
 
Shortly after take off, the single engine aircraft hit trees and a telegraphic pole before crashing in a private garden located 800 meters from airport. The aircraft was performing an ambulance flight to Decatur, Alabama, with a woman and her child aged 3. The pilot and the woman were injured while the child was killed. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were bad with rain showers and high winds.
   



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