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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Airbau Classic · Osceola, WI · March 28, 2006

Date
March 28, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place
Osceola, WI
Airport
L O Simenstad 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
Airbau Classic
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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, 2006 at approximately 1000 hrs. Local, the above named individual was taking-off on runway 10 at oceola airport (oeo), oceola, WI. Witnesses state that the powered hangglider reached an altitude between 50 to 100 feet AGL when it started a steep turn to starboard and when the craft was perpendicular to the runway during this turn, it ceased to remain airborne and violently crashed to the ground. Weather at the time of the accident was clear and wind was calm. Other aircraft in the traffic pattern at oeo were using runway 28 due to a slight wind that was variable at 220-260 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 28, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HRS. LOCAL, THE ABOVE NAMED INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKING-OFF ON RUNWAY 10 AT OCEOLA AIRPORT (OEO), OCEOLA, WI. WITNESSES STATE THAT THE POWERED HANGGLIDER REACHED AN ALTITUDE BETWEEN 50 TO 100 FEET AGL WHEN IT STARTED A STEEP TURN TO STARBOARD AND WHEN THE CRAFT WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY DURING THIS TURN, IT CEASED TO REMAIN AIRBORNE AND VIOLENTLY CRASHED TO THE GROUND. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEAR AND WIND WAS CALM. OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT OEO WERE USING RUNWAY 28 DUE TO A SLIGHT WIND THAT WAS VARIABLE AT 220-260 DEGREES.