Peter Dessart Injured in Accident
Peter was in an accident in New Zealand this past Wednesday, December 16.
He was
doing a go-around in his Airborne XTS 912, when he had an "engine
out" at low altitude...he guessed about 200" AGL. There
were vineyards in front of him and he said he," had the choice of
going either into a house or into a row of trees". He
choose the trees and flew the trike all the way in.
He damaged
vertebrae L2 and L3 but there is no spinal cord damage.
There is also a broken rib (or ribs- I'm trying to be as accurate
as I can with limited information) and a broken elbow and he's
very banged up, as you can well imagine. They say he'll be
in a brace for his back for three months and he's not sure
how long he'll remain in the hospital in Auckland, New
Zealand. No surgeries are planned.
Peter
sounded reasonably well as we chatted and said he obviously
would not be able to make the planned flight home to California
tomorrow. He started to make a bit of a joke but stopped
himself because he said it hurt like hell to laugh with broken
ribs.
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