# Incident 20030405014671I: Amtr ICARO2000, Haines City, FL, April 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Haines City, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 28.1128° N, 81.6165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haines City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1128&lon=-81.6165&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ICARO2000
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405014671I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS GLIDER WAS IN A DESCENT IN A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL ATTITUDE SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT THERMAL. BELOW HIM WAS AN ULTRALIGHT IN A LEFT CLIMBING TURN. THE GLIDER PILOT'S VISIBILITY DOWNWARD WAS OBSTRUCTED BY THE FUSELAGE OF THE GLIDER; THE ULTRALIGHT PILOT'S VISIBILITY UPWARD WAS OBSTRUCTED BY THE WING OF THE ULTRALIGHT. THE GLIDER AND THE ULTRALIGHT GOT WITHIN 20 FEET OF EACH OTHER WHEN THE GLIDER PILOT SAW THE ULTRALIGHT, BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REACT. A SECOND LATER THE TWO AIRCRAFT COLLIDED. THE GLIDER'S FUSELAGE AND COCKPIT GLASS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT WING OF THE GLIDER CAUSING THE WING TO DEFORM. THE GLIDER HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT; THE ULTRALIGHT FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING IT TO BE DESTROYED, BUT THE PILOT SURVIVED WITH MINOR ABRASIONS AND SCRATCHES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N303KK, Glaser DG300: [Incident 20030405014672I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405014672I)

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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