# Incident 20000610032049I: Amtr TBIRD, Pelion, SC, June 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2000, 20:00 local time
- Place: Pelion, SC
- Airport: Eagles Nest - Fairview Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 33.7640° N, 81.3587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLES NEST-FAIRVIEW AIRPARK (SC23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7640&lon=-81.3587&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TBIRD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000610032049I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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