29.6365° N, 98.2925° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden Ridge, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 17, 1999 · 19:35 local
Place
Garden Ridge, TX
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
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)Inflight break-up of 2 seat ultralite aircraft. Wing collapsed in flight. Aircraft crashed in a field, no colleratal damage to property. Aircraft destroyed resulting in pilot fatality.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)INFLIGHT BREAK-UP OF 2 SEAT ULTRALITE AIRCRAFT. WING COLLAPSED IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD, NO COLLERATAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED RESULTING IN PILOT FATALITY.