20040829019689I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Gardner, KS · August 29, 2004

Date: August 29, 2004 · 19:10 local
Place: Gardner, KS
Airport: Gardner Municipal Airport
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: E026J
Fatal injuries: 0

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 operator (pilot) of the aircraft said this was his second flight in this aircraft. As the aircraft was being manuevered in level flight it stalled and made a wing-over maneuver. After recovery, the operator returned to the airport for landing. On approach to landing (about 50 feet AGL) the aircraft stalled and crashed. The aircraft is registered as an ultralight with the experimental aircraft association (eaa) and the designed empty weight of this aircraft is 238 pounds. Incident privacy data omitted is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE OPERATOR (PILOT) OF THE AIRCRAFT SAID THIS WAS HIS SECOND FLIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MANUEVERED IN LEVEL FLIGHT IT STALLED AND MADE A WING-OVER MANEUVER. AFTER RECOVERY, THE OPERATOR RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. ON APPROACH TO LANDING (ABOUT 50 FEET AGL) THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED AS AN ULTRALIGHT WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (EAA) AND THE DESIGNED EMPTY WEIGHT OF THIS AIRCRAFT IS 238 POUNDS. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.