# Incident 19960817031559I: Fort Wayne, IN, August 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1996, 19:57 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: UR066 (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817031559I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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