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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Wardensville, WV · November 3, 2003

Date: November 3, 2003 · 08:59 local
Place: Wardensville, WV
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 160 total

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) The pilot departed the winchester airport for a flight back to his residence/home airport. The aircraft was a ultra-light "S-12 airaile" side by side seating two place trigear in a pusher configuration. Upon arrival at his home grass strip the pilot initiated a touch and go and landed long. The aircraft stalled and spun as he attempted to clear the trees during his climb. The aircraft impacted the ground inverted, the pilot was killed on impact and there was no fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED THE WINCHESTER AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE/HOME AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A ULTRA-LIGHT "S-12 AIRAILE" SIDE BY SIDE SEATING TWO PLACE TRIGEAR IN A PUSHER CONFIGURATION. UPON ARRIVAL AT HIS HOME GRASS STRIP THE PILOT INITIATED A TOUCH AND GO AND LANDED LONG. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SPUN AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE TREES DURING HIS CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED, THE PILOT WAS KILLED ON IMPACT AND THERE WAS NO FIRE.