RV-8 Down In MN

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 617MZ Make/Model: RV8 Description: RV-8
Date: 01/12/2008 Time: 1930

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: GARRISON State: MN Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, NEAR GARRISON, MN

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER


FAA FSDO: MINNEAPOLIS, MN (GL15) Entry date: 01/14/2008

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Plane crashes
Homemade aircraft goes down in Round Lake; pilot survives
By MATT ERICKSON
Staff Writer
A small, homemade airplane en route from Brainerd to Winsted crashed Saturday afternoon in Round Lake north of Garrison, injuring the pilot.

The crash happened at 12:38 p.m., the Aitkin County Sheriff's Department reported. The pilot, Marlin Roy Zierman, 63, of Mayer, was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale where Sunday he was reported in fair condition with non-life threatening injuries.

Aitkin County Sheriff Scott Turner on Sunday said the Federal Aviation Administration was investigating the cause of the crash.

The sheriff's department reported Zierman was flying a single-seat, amateur-built fixed wing airplane. Witnesses told sheriff's investigators that is sounded like the airplane was experiencing engine trouble and that it appeared the pilot was attempting an emergency landing on the ice of the 767-acre Round Lake, which is located in both Crow Wing and Aitkin counties two miles north of Garrison.

Garrison firefighter Greg Erickson said the plane did not break through the the ice on the lake. He said firefighters were paged for possible extrication, but were canceled after first responders helped Zierman from his airplane.

Assisting the Aitkin County Sheriff's Department were the South Aitkin First Responders, the Garrison Fire Department, The State Patrol, the DNR, the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department and North Ambulance.

Winsted is about 45 miles west of the Twin Cities.

MATT ERICKSON may be reached at [email protected] or 855-5857.

As Marty calls it: "Wrinkled RV8"

Just got back from visiting Marty in the hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery from his bumps, bruises, stitches in the forehead and a fractured ankle. He is in good spirits and hopes to be home soon.

Brief detail on the incident: power loss causing off field landing on a snow covered lake. Substantial gear box and structural damage to the airframe.

As Marty gets on his feet, he may chime in and add more information.

Butch

Butch, Give Marty my best wishes for a speedy recovery. Just heard about accident tonight. I met Marty for the first time at the September picknic.