31.08.2012 | N346PE | Easton Gilbert G SEAREY | San Juan Island, WA/USA | Flugunfall

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Richard Bach, einigen von Euch vielleicht als Autor von «Jonathan Livingston Seagull» (deutsch «Die Möwe Jonathan») bekannt, ist am 31. August 2012 abgestürzt:

«Richard Bach is in serious condition in Harborview Medical Center after a plane crash on San Juan Island Friday, August 31, 2012. The author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, snagged power lines with the landing gear of his 2008 Easton Gilbert Searey plane as he attempted to land at a grassy air strip off of San Juan Valley Road.

 

Two power poles snapped in half, dropping live electric lines on the roadway. The plane landed upside down in the grass with the seriously injured 76-year-old Eastsound resident stuck hanging upside down in his harness in the heavily damaged plane.»

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/island-newshome/more/emergency-services/5126-plane-cuts-power-line-crashes-off-san-juan-valley-rd

 

1972 schaffte es Richard Bach mit «Jonathan Livingston Seagull» auf das «TIME»-Titelblatt:

 

 

Martin

 

P.S.: Interessant, wie viele Flugplätze es auf den San Juan Islands gibt: http://www.sanjuanpilots.com/.