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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Airbike · Emporia, KS · March 28, 2004

Date: March 28, 2004 · 10:45 local
Place: Emporia, KS
Airport: Emporia Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr Airbike
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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 March 28, 2004 the pilot of a team Airbike ultralight vehicle was doing touch and goes at Emporia Municipal Airport. During climbout, while in a right turn on crosswind leg, the pilot lost control of the vehicle, and impacted the top of a hangar. The vehicle received substantial damage and the pilot was fatally injured. Loss of control.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 28, 2004 THE PILOT OF A TEAM AIRBIKE ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES AT EMPORIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. DURING CLIMBOUT, WHILE IN A RIGHT TURN ON CROSSWIND LEG, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND IMPACTED THE TOP OF A HANGAR. THE VEHICLE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. LOSS OF CONTROL.