Wednesday, July 28, 2010

NASCAR, Roush injured At AirVenture

From Green Bay Press
"NASCAR's Roush injured in AirVenture plane crash

By Adam Rodewald • Gannett Wisconsin Media • July 28, 2010

OSHKOSH — NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was injured when the business jet he was flying made a hard landing Tuesday night at Wittman Regional Airport.

Witnesses said the plane was coming in too low and too slow as it approached the south end of the airport's north-south runway, which caused the plane to start to roll. The nose then hit the ground, the plane spun 180 degrees and the tail broke off.

"It looked like a bad approach and he overcorrected and then crashed," said Mark Yarnell of New Philadelphia, Ohio.

Dick Knapinski, communications officer for the Experimental Aircraft Association, said Roush was piloting the plane when it went down, and there was one passenger on board. The accident was reported at 6:15 p.m."
NASCAR's Roush injured in AirVenture plane crash | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press Gazette

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