# Accident 20000804013789A: Chatsworth, GA, August 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2000, 19:43 local time
- Place: Chatsworth, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 34.7795° N, 84.7865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chatsworth, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7795&lon=-84.7865&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/20000804013789A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT, CURTIS ALLEN RODGERS WAS CIRCLING OVER A NEIGHBORHOOD AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET. A WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A TIGHT TURN AND THE  ENGINE APPEARED TO SPEED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT "DROPPED LIKE A ROCK".  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A YARD, STRIKING TWO SMALL TREES AND COMING TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.  THE PILOT WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE PASSENGER, DEBBIE RODGERS WAS TRANSPORTED TO ERLANGER MEDICAL CENTER BY LIFE FORCE AND REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THE A/C WAS AN AQUILLA MANUFACTURED BY SOLO WINGS AND DISPLAYED THE PLACARD: "TO BE USED FOR INSTRUCTION ONLY" AND WAS UNREGISTERED. THE PILOT, CURTUS RODGERS HAS NO RECORDS AS BEING LISTED IN THE USUAL ULTRALIGHT AIRMAN REGISTRATION PROGRAM OR HAVING FAA EXEMPTION NO. 4274.

## 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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