20170517004549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Findlay, OH · May 17, 2017

Date
May 17, 2017 · 20:45 local
Place
Findlay, OH
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total210 in this make and model3 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.

Pilot failed to maintain proper airspeed in turn resulting in a stall and loss of control at low altitude. Aircraft hit ground in right wing nose low attitude resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft and minor injuries to the pilot. Investigation revealed the ultralight had been modified resulting in it being reclassified as a fat ultralight. The aircraft was unregistered without an airworthiness certificate. Pilot holds a private pilot certificate with asel rating but not a current medical or biannual flight review.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED IN TURN RESULTING IN A STALL AND LOSS OF CONTROL AT LOW ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT HIT GROUND IN RIGHT WING NOSE LOW ATTITUDE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ULTRALIGHT HAD BEEN MODIFIED RESULTING IN IT BEING RECLASSIFIED AS A FAT ULTRALIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNREGISTERED WITHOUT AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH ASEL RATING BUT NOT A CURRENT MEDICAL OR BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW.