20070323005989I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Tehama County, CA · March 23, 2007

Date
March 23, 2007 · 14:50 local
Place
Tehama County, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
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) In a Tehama County sheriff report it is documented that the pilot privacy data omitted (an un-certificated pilot) departed from a field near his dwelling in a single seat quicksilver mm spring (an ultra light aircraft). During the short flight the pilot privacy data omitted stated he "reached an altitude of about 150 to 200 feet when he got a cramp in his right leg. During his attempt to straighten his leg out, he accidently bumped the throttle, causing the engine to stall." The aircraft veered to the left and down, crashing into the roof of the r ranch general store at privacy data omitted in Tehama County, CA. The roof of the building was damaged and the ultra light aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot privacy data omitted refused transportation by medical personnel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) IN A TEHAMA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORT IT IS DOCUMENTED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ (AN UN-CERTIFICATED PILOT) DEPARTED FROM A FIELD NEAR HIS DWELLING IN A SINGLE SEAT QUICKSILVER MM SPRING (AN ULTRA LIGHT AIRCRAFT). DURING THE SHORT FLIGHT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED HE "REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 150 TO 200 FEET WHEN HE GOT A CRAMP IN HIS RIGHT LEG. DURING HIS ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN HIS LEG OUT, HE ACCIDENTLY BUMPED THE THROTTLE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL." THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DOWN, CRASHING INTO THE ROOF OF THE R RANCH GENERAL STORE AT ^PRIVACY DAT^ IN TEHAMA COUNTY, CA. THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING WAS DAMAGED AND THE ULTRA LIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ REFUSED TRANSPORTATION BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.