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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Amtr Tbird · Pelion, SC · June 10, 2000

Date
June 10, 2000 · 20:00 local
Place
Pelion, SC
Airport
Eagles Nest - Fairview Airpark
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Tbird
People aboard
1
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)Individual operated ultralight iarcraft at the beginnign fo dusk with the inentions of flying around the pattern. When the aircraft turned downwind the operator of the aircraft was blinded by the settig sun, becme disorented and continued flight until the aircraft's fuel supply was exhausted. After the ending quit the aircraft operator crashed into a swampy area among a lot of hardwood trees. The aircraft was destroyed. There were no injuries to the sole occupant. The FSDO was not notified, but the informed by an account in the local newspaper.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)INDIVIDUAL OPERATED ULTRALIGHT IARCRAFT AT THE BEGINNIGN FO DUSK WITH THE INENTIONS OF FLYING AROUND THE PATTERN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED DOWNWIND THE OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLINDED BY THE SETTIG SUN, BECME DISORENTED AND CONTINUED FLIGHT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SUPPLY WAS EXHAUSTED. AFTER THE ENDING QUIT THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR CRASHED INTO A SWAMPY AREA AMONG A LOT OF HARDWOOD TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THE FSDO WAS NOT NOTIFIED, BUT THE INFORMED BY AN ACCOUNT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.