# Incident 19981011038629I: Austin, TX, October 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1998, 11:24 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Birds Nest Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (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/19981011038629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 11, 1998, AT ABOUT 11:45 AM LOCAL TIME, MR. REAGAN F. BRADSHAW DEPARTED BIRD'S NEST AIRPORT, NW, OPERATING A ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE, #1026. THIS VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED TO COM. CENTER AS N1026, A ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT. ON CLIMB, HE LOST CONTROL AND CAME TO A STOP IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS NW OF THE AIRPORT. MR. BRADSHAW WAS FOUND DEAD ON ARRIVAL BY EMS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. REVIVAL ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. NTSB, IN ROUTE, WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS NOT A REGISTERED AIRCRAFT. NTSB RELEASED IT TO DPS, TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY, FRANK H. LOFTON, AND RETURNED TO BASE. AS FAA IIC, I THEN CANCELLED MY INVESTIGATION IN THIS MATTER.

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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