Polsgrove Bluegrass Express accident near Grafton, IL
On January 9, 2003, a Polsgrove Bluegrass Express (airplane) was involved in an accident near Grafton, IL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 9, 2003
- Place
- Grafton, IL
- Aircraft
- Polsgrove Bluegrass Express · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.973°N, 90.461°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030812X01314
Official records · CHI03LA236
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 9, 2003, about 1200 central standard time, an experimental amateur homebuilt Polsgrove Bluegrass Express airplane, N113YE, piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed on impact with terrain near Grafton, Illinois. The personal flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area that day. No flight plan was on file. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated about 1130 eastern standard time from Georgetown Scott County Airport - Marshall Field (27K), near Georgetown, Kentucky, and was enroute to the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), near Kansas City, Missouri, at the time of the accident. A witness said, "[The pilot] said he was leaving for MKC to work on restoration of [a] Lockheed Constellation." Another witness said that he did not see the accident flight depart as he departed before the accident airplane. He stated that the time the accident flight took off was approximately 1130 eastern standard time. The flight did not reach its intended destination and on January 25, 2003, a missing persons report was filed with the Scott County Sheriff's Department. On January 25, 2003, the Civil Air Patrol received mission number 03M0153 to search for N113YE. The airplane's route of flight was searched by air and ground teams. The searching did not find the wreckage and on February 19, 2003, the search mission was suspended. On July 30, 2003, about 1730 central daylight time, the Jersey County Sheriff's Department received a call that N113YE was found near Grafton, Illinois. PERSONNEL INFO
Probable cause
Undetermined.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
