20030719030209A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Quicksilver · Salt Point, NY · July 19, 2003

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Date: July 19, 2003 · 13:15 local
Place: Salt Point, NY
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr Quicksilver
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot of this ultralight is a licensed FAA commercial pilot with no time in a ultralight. The pilot departed a Private grass strip located in Salt Point NY. The owner of the property and ultralight had let the pilot taxi the ultralight up and down the runway. As the ultralight continued down the runway the pilot applied power and departed in a n/e direction. Tire marks and witness statements indicate the pilot rotated approximately 150 feet from a line of trees. The pilot was unable to climb over the trees and hit approximately 50 feet AGL. The ultralight fell to the ground causing serious injury to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT OF THIS ULTRALIGHT IS A LICENSED FAA COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH NO TIME IN A ULTRALIGHT. THE PILOT DEPARTED A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP LOCATED IN SALT POINT NY. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND ULTRALIGHT HAD LET THE PILOT TAXI THE ULTRALIGHT UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY. AS THE ULTRALIGHT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND DEPARTED IN A N/E DIRECTION. TIRE MARKS AND WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE THE PILOT ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM A LINE OF TREES. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB OVER THE TREES AND HIT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL. THE ULTRALIGHT FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO THE PILOT.