20091114051479A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Airframes U COYOTE · Indian Trail, NC · November 14, 2009

Date
November 14, 2009 · 13:31 local
Place
Indian Trail, NC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59748
Reported as
Airframes U Coyote
Reported engine
HIRTH 3203
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
163 total109 in this make and model27 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.

Aircraft lost power during flight. Pilot was attempting emergency landing in field but struck trees. Pilot sustained minor and passenger suffered serious injury.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING FLIGHT. PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD BUT STRUCK TREES. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR AND PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY.