20020620015239A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Dragonfly · Trenton, GA · June 20, 2002

Date
June 20, 2002 · 19:00 local
Place
Trenton, GA
Airport
Lookout Mountain Ultralight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Dragonfly
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2

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) On June 20, 2002, at approximately 1900 EDT, witness observed an Ultralight, with two persons onboard making a sharp left turn at the north end of Lookout Mountain Ultralight airstrip, Trenton, Georgia. At approximately 200FT, as the Ultralight entered the fourth sharp turn, the nose dropped, the engine RPM increased and crashed behind a row of trees. The Ultralight was destroyed. Both the private-rated pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The Ultralight had the exemption required to be used as a trainer but the pilot was not certified as an instructor, therefore in this situation, the Ultralight is considered an un-registered aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 20, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 EDT, WITNESS OBSERVED AN ULTRALIGHT, WITH TWO PERSONS ONBOARD MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN AT THE NORTH END OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ULTRALIGHT AIRSTRIP, TRENTON, GEORGIA. AT APPROXIMATELY 200FT, AS THE ULTRALIGHT ENTERED THE FOURTH SHARP TURN, THE NOSE DROPPED, THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED AND CRASHED BEHIND A ROW OF TREES. THE ULTRALIGHT WAS DESTROYED. BOTH THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE ULTRALIGHT HAD THE EXEMPTION REQUIRED TO BE USED AS A TRAINER BUT THE PILOT WAS NOT CERTIFIED AS AN INSTRUCTOR, THEREFORE IN THIS SITUATION, THE ULTRALIGHT IS CONSIDERED AN UN-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT.