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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Weedhopper · Almira, WA · August 15, 1982

Date
August 15, 1982 · 11:45 local
Place
Almira, WA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NR304
Reported as
Amtr Weedhopper
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to control ultralight aircraft after launching in turbulent surface winds. Flew into ground near airport.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CONTROL ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT AFTER LAUNCHING IN TURBULENT SURFACE WINDS. FLEW INTO GROUND NEAR AIRPORT.