19960817031559I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Fort Wayne, IN · August 17, 1996

Date: August 17, 1996 · 19:57 local
Place: Fort Wayne, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: UR066
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.

Narrative: on Saturday, August 17, 1996 at approximately 1940 EST, Mr. Charles a. maidment was flying his paraplane model PSE-2 when witnesses saw the right portion of the parachute collapse. The witnesses stated the parachute started to spin and dropped down into a bean field. Mr. Maidment was transported to a local hospital wher he died a few hours later due to massive internal injuries. The paraplane involved in this incident did not, and was not required to have an FAA registration certificate on board. After a database search, it was determined that Mr. Maidment does not hold a pilot certificate. Since the paraplane was operated as an ultralight and was not required to have a registration certificate, and a fatal injury was received, this incident record is being made only for tracking purposes.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1940 EST, MR. CHARLES A. MAIDMENT WAS FLYING HIS PARAPLANE MODEL PSE-2 WHEN WITNESSES SAW THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE PARACHUTE COLLAPSE. THE WITNESSES STATED THE PARACHUTE STARTED TO SPIN AND DROPPED DOWN INTO A BEAN FIELD. MR. MAIDMENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHER HE DIED A FEW HOURS LATER DUE TO MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES. THE PARAPLANE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT DID NOT, AND WAS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE AN FAA REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ON BOARD. AFTER A DATABASE SEARCH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MR. MAIDMENT DOES NOT HOLD A PILOT CERTIFICATE. SINCE THE PARAPLANE WAS OPERATED AS AN ULTRALIGHT AND WAS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, AND A FATAL INJURY WAS RECEIVED, THIS INCIDENT RECORD IS BEING MADE ONLY FOR TRACKING PURPOSES.