# Accident 19990616042649A: Hobbs, NM, June 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1999, 14:20 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County-Hobbs Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 32.7305° N, 103.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobbs, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-103.1614&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/19990616042649A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 16, 1999, ABOUT 14:20 MST, MR. MICHAEL EDWARD CHAMPLIN A NON-CERTIFIED PILOT, WAS FLYING UNPOWERED AND UN-CERTIFIED ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE CALLED A MILLENIUM CLASS RIGID WING NEAR HOBBS INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK, HOBBS, NEW MEXICO.  WHILE PRACTICING SPINS,  MR. CHAMPLIN  SPUN AND UPON RECOVERY, HAD AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP, THE WINGS FOLDED, PLUMMETED TO THE GROUND AND WAS KILLED AT IMPACT. PREVAILING WEATHER AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS VFR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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