LINCOLN (AP) — The pilot of a small experimental plane escaped serious injury when a gust of wind caught his aircraft at Lincoln Regional Airport, flipped it forward onto its nose and then onto its back.
Pilot Brian Souers was landing the Glasair 1 just before 3 p.m. on Sunday when the wind took him by surprise and pushed him off the runway.
Firefighters treated him at the scene for some minor cuts and bruises and police took a report that will be passed on to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The plane had damage to its nose and propeller, a cracked cockpit canopy and a break at the top of its tail. It is repairable. Souers tells the Bangor Daily News it can be repaired.
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