Airplane flips over onto roof after landing at Ocracoke Island Airport

Airplane flips over onto roof after landing at Ocracoke Island Airport

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on July 25, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

MANTEO, N.C. - At approximately 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, a single-engine airplane flipped over onto its roof shortly after landing at Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Ocracoke Island Airport (W95).

Accident Details:

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The pilot of the airplane and passenger did not require transport to the hospital.

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The airplane came to rest in the grass near the north end of the runway.

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Hyde County Sheriff’s Office and Hyde County Emergency Medical Services responded to the accident.

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The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified.

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No further details are available.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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