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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airplane Factory Ltd The SLING · Daggett, CA · April 29, 2014

Date
April 29, 2014 · 23:00 local
Place
Daggett, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N511NG
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14LA177
Reported as
Airplane Factory Ltd The Sling
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,790 total448 in this make and model318 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.

This was a controlled flight into terrain, pilots descended below high of local mountains and hills.

As the FAA filed it

THIS WAS A CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN, PILOTS DESCENDED BELOW HIGH OF LOCAL MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.