34.2712° N, 77.9029° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILMINGTON INTL (ILM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 13, 2008 · 09:51 local
Place
Wilmington, NC
Airport
Wilmington International
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
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) Aircraft departed Wilmington, NC on VFR flight to the south at or below 1,000 feet and made no request for radar service. Aircraft crashed approximately 2 miles south of Wilmington, NC in a vacant lot. The aircraft was destroyed by fire and the pilot sustained fatal injuries.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILMINGTON, NC ON VFR FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH AT OR BELOW 1,000 FEET AND MADE NO REQUEST FOR RADAR SERVICE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON, NC IN A VACANT LOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.