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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Tracy, CA · February 28, 2010

Date
February 28, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Tracy, CA
Airport
New Jerusalem
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other 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.

The aircraft arrived at the New Jerusalem Airport area and proceeded to overfly the active airport runway 30, performing aerial acrobatics prior to landing. Witness reports state the aircraft was approximately 800 to 1000 feet AGL when, while performing a loop the right wing appeared to snap. The aircraft immediately entered a flat spin impacting the ground fifty feet to the east of runway 30. Reports state the onboard parachute was deployed, however the parachute package did not open due to entanglement in the tail assembly. The sole occupant and pilot was fatally injured on impact.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE NEW JERUSALEM AIRPORT AREA AND PROCEEDED TO OVERFLY THE ACTIVE AIRPORT RUNWAY 30, PERFORMING AERIAL ACROBATICS PRIOR TO LANDING. WITNESS REPORTS STATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 1000 FEET AGL WHEN, WHILE PERFORMING A LOOP THE RIGHT WING APPEARED TO SNAP. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ENTERED A FLAT SPIN IMPACTING THE GROUND FIFTY FEET TO THE EAST OF RUNWAY 30. REPORTS STATE THE ONBOARD PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER THE PARACHUTE PACKAGE DID NOT OPEN DUE TO ENTANGLEMENT IN THE TAIL ASSEMBLY. THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED ON IMPACT.