# Accident 20060111001379A: Leipers Fork, TN, January 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Leipers Fork, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8956° N, 86.9978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leipers Fork, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8956&lon=-86.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060111001379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/11/2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING A POWERED PARACHUTE (ULTRA LITE) IN THE LEIPERS FORK, TN AREA NEAR FRANKLIN, TN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS OBSERVED BY AN EYEWITNESS ON THE GROUND PARA SAILING AT ABOUT TREE TOP LEVEL WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED OPERATING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SITE OF IMPACT BY PARAMEDICS. I WAS INFORMED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ A FRIEND OF THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ BOUGHT THIS ULTRA LITE OFF THE INTERNET AND THAT HE HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ OWNED THIS ULTRA LITE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND WAS SELF TRAINED ON ITS OPERATION. ^PRIVACY DA^ ALSO STATED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ HAD BEEN HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS SINCE HE BOUGHT THE ULTRA LITE. THIS WAS ALSO NOTED IN A LOGBOOK KEPT BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ THERE WAS SEVERAL SPARK PLUGS FOUND INSIDE HIS VEHICLE ALONG WITH TOOLS AND GASOLINE FOR THE ULTRA LITE. ALL THE SPARK PLUGS WERE OIL SOAKED. THE ENGINE EXHAUST ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF RUNNING RICH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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