EADS Socata TBM 850, Iowa City, Iowa, June 3, 2008–A two-year-old patient was killed when an Angel Flight TBM 850 crashed on takeoff from Iowa City. According to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, eyewitnesses said a wing turned perpendicular to the ground before the turboprop crashed and then cartwheeled.
Weather was overcast, with rain and wind gusting to 36 mph. The flight was en route to Georgia to return the child after finishing treatment for club foot.
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