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FAA accident report · Aircraft · Farmersville, TX · June 25, 2022

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Date
June 25, 2022 · 18:30 local
Place
Farmersville, TX
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
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.

At approximately 1820, the pilot took off from the Texas wind riders flying club located at 4985 fm 547 in Farmersville TX. The club representative and usppa instructor observed the takeoff and much of the flight. The crash occurred about 7 minutes after takeoff approximately one-half mile away from the takeoff point. The instructor was speaking with a potential student at the time, and did not observe the actual impact. The person speaking to him said "I think that he might have crashed".

There was a row of trees between the departure point and the point of impact, and the crash site was in a in a crop field with 3.5 to 4 foot tall plants similar to corn. There was a 60 foot long swath cut thru the crop. The instructor said the pilot was face down, lying on top of the parachute equipment. The pilot was extricated from the backpack style paragliding equipment so resuscitation efforts could be performed.

The FAA inspector arrived on scene shortly after 2400 local. The mostly empty fuel tank was seperated from the main assembly, but there was a strong smell of fuel, fuel saturated ground, and some standing fuel was on the leaves which had been smashed down by the impact. The pilot did not hold any FAA certificates.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1820, THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM THE TEXAS WIND RIDERS FLYING CLUB LOCATED AT 4985 FM 547 IN FARMERSVILLE TX. THE CLUB REPRESENTATIVE AND USPPA INSTRUCTOR OBSERVED THE TAKEOFF AND MUCH OF THE FLIGHT. THE CRASH OCCURRED ABOUT 7 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE AWAY FROM THE TAKEOFF POINT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS SPEAKING WITH A POTENTIAL STUDENT AT THE TIME, AND DID NOT OBSERVE THE ACTUAL IMPACT. THE PERSON SPEAKING TO HIM SAID "I THINK THAT HE MIGHT HAVE CRASHED".

THERE WAS A ROW OF TREES BETWEEN THE DEPARTURE POINT AND THE POINT OF IMPACT, AND THE CRASH SITE WAS IN A IN A CROP FIELD WITH 3.5 TO 4 FOOT TALL PLANTS SIMILAR TO CORN. THERE WAS A 60 FOOT LONG SWATH CUT THRU THE CROP. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THE PILOT WAS FACE DOWN, LYING ON TOP OF THE PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT. THE PILOT WAS EXTRICATED FROM THE BACKPACK STYLE PARAGLIDING EQUIPMENT SO RESUSCITATION EFFORTS COULD BE PERFORMED.

THE FAA INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE SHORTLY AFTER 2400 LOCAL. THE MOSTLY EMPTY FUEL TANK WAS SEPERATED FROM THE MAIN ASSEMBLY, BUT THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL, FUEL SATURATED GROUND, AND SOME STANDING FUEL WAS ON THE LEAVES WHICH HAD BEEN SMASHED DOWN BY THE IMPACT. THE PILOT DID NOT HOLD ANY FAA CERTIFICATES.