# Accident 20001111024659A: Hayesville, NC, November 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Hayesville, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.0450° N, 83.8179° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayesville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0450&lon=-83.8179&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/20001111024659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT. INVESTIGATOR, DETECTIVE MIKE ARRENDLS, MR. VERNIER WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND HIS ULTRALIGHT IN A FIELD, AND CRASHED. MR. VERNIER WAS FLYING A TWO-SEATER ULTRALIGHT, AND CARRYING TWO SAND BAGS WEIGHING APPROX. 130 POUNDS. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A PRIVATE STRIP OWNED BY A VIC PAYNE WHO POSSESSED SOMEWHAT A MILITANT ATTITUDE TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT PEOPLE. MR. VERNIER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT CALLED IN TO THE COM CENTER OR FLIGHT SERVICE STATION, THEREFORE, THE INSPECTOR ON ACCIDENT STANDBY WAS NOT PAGED OUT. THERE WAS A MESSAGE ON THE VOICE RECORDER SYSTEM MONDAY MORNING WHEN THE FSDO OFFICE WAS OPENED. MR. VERNIER WAS NOT FOUND ON THE ISIS DATABASE AS BEING LISTED AS AN AIRMAN.

## 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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