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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Woodland, WA · June 10, 1996

Date
June 10, 1996 · 06:35 local
Place
Woodland, WA
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

An unregistered experimental-category airplane collided with terrain following a loss of control on takeoff (3)(4). The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the uncertified pilot was fatally injured (4)(8). The aircraft was a motorized hang glider-type configuration. The airplane did not meet the standards of FAR 103 for ultralight vehicles (3). Witnesses stated that the aircraft ditched up steeply during takeoff, attaining a maximum altitude of approximately 100 feet, then rolled off on one wing, and descended into the ground. (3)(4). Logbook indicated pilot ahd received approximately 23 hours of dual instruction for ultralight aircraft and at least one solo flight. The pilot was fatally injured in the crash.

As the FAA filed it

AN UNREGISTERED EXPERIMENTAL-CATEGORY AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL ON TAKEOFF (3)(4). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE UNCERTIFIED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED (4)(8). THE AIRCRAFT WAS A MOTORIZED HANG GLIDER-TYPE CONFIGURATION. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT MEET THE STANDARDS OF FAR 103 FOR ULTRALIGHT VEHICLES (3). WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DITCHED UP STEEPLY DURING TAKEOFF, ATTAINING A MAXIMUM ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, THEN ROLLED OFF ON ONE WING, AND DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND. (3)(4). LOGBOOK INDICATED PILOT AHD RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 23 HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION FOR ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT AND AT LEAST ONE SOLO FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE CRASH.