Overview
- A homebuilt Van's RV-7 overturned while touching down at Jaffrey Airfield on Thursday, leaving the airplane inverted on the grass between a runway and a taxiway.
- Two people were aboard and local officials reported injuries, prompting two medical helicopters to be dispatched to the scene for emergency care.
- First responders from the Jaffrey and Peterborough fire departments arrived quickly and secured the area while crews coordinated medical transport.
- FAA registration data and local reports identify the airplane as a 2024-built Van's RV-7, an amateur-built kit aircraft, and photographs from the scene show the craft resting upside down.
- The Federal Aviation Administration has opened a formal investigation and officials and local authorities are expected to release further details about injuries and the cause of the flip.