41.2061° N, 87.2112° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at De Motte Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 30, 1998 · 20:06 local
Place
De Motte, IN
Airport
De Motte Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
NONE
Fatal injuries
0
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.
(-23) The ultralight vehicle departed from demotte airfield at about 7:50 pm local time. It was flying over bean field near demotte airfield before it crashed. The operator of the ultralight vehicle suffered minor injuries and was taken to porter county hospital.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE DEPARTED FROM DEMOTTE AIRFIELD AT ABOUT 7:50 PM LOCAL TIME. IT WAS FLYING OVER BEAN FIELD NEAR DEMOTTE AIRFIELD BEFORE IT CRASHED. THE OPERATOR OF THE ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO PORTER COUNTY HOSPITAL.