# Incident 20000325022159I: Amtr ANTARES503, Yucca Valley, CA, March 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2000, 12:58 local time
- Place: Yucca Valley, CA
- Airport: Yucca Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1298° N, 116.4069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUCCA VALLEY (L22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1298&lon=-116.4069&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ANTARES503
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 176 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000325022159I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSRTUCTION IN A WEIGHT SHIFT ULTRA LIGHT AIRCRAFT, AKA POWER HANG GLIDER. WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS AT YUCCA VALLEY AIRPORT, YUCCA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA THE ULTRALIGHT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING.  DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE ULTRALIGHT THE PILOT FOUND NO DAMAGE OR ANY PROBLEMS.  THE PILOT SAID "WE DECIDED THAT THE WINDS WERE BECOMING TO STRONG SO THEY WERE HEADING BACK TO HEMET RYAN AIRPORT, HEMET CALIFORNIA".  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF THE ULTRLIGHT HAD PROBLEMS GAINING ALTITUDE AND TURNED INTO THE WIND AND TRIED THE FLYING METHOD OF PULLING THE WINGS IN TO GAIN SPEED AND THEN SLOWLY PUSHING THE WINGS OUT TO GAIN ALTITUDE.  AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES, HAVING NOT GAINED ANY ALTITUDE AND THE ULTRALIGHT HEADING TOWARD MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A LANDING BUT A FEW FEET BEFORE TOUVH DOWN THE ULTROLIGHT STRUCK UNSEEN TELEPHONE WIRES AND CABLES.  THE ULTROLIGHT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WHERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT IS A CURRENTLY LICENSED US ULTRALIGHT INSTRUCTOR, NUMBER ^PRIVAC^.

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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