# Accident 20221025017959A: Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd EDGE X, Alturas, CA, October 25, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2022, 15:30 local time
- Place: Alturas, CA
- Airport: Alturas Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4866° N, 120.5652° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4866&lon=-120.5652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354MB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBORNE WINDSPORTS PTY LTD EDGE X
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221025017959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 LOCAL TIME ON 10/25/2022, PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN RUNWAY 13/31 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY WITH ONE POB. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. INDIVIDUAL WAS FATALLY INJURED AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY. RESCUE EFFORTS INVOLVED MOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE ORIGINAL RESTING SPOT AND DISASSEMBLING PARTS OF IT IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL. THE LEFT AIRCRAFT WING CONTACTED THE DIRT BETWEEN RUNWAY 13/31 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO BEND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR STRUCTURES, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, PROPELLER AND PILOT SEATING AREA. THERE ARE NO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SKID MARKS OR TIRE TRACKS ON THE RUNWAY, TAXIWAY OR THE DIRT IN BETWEEN THE TWO. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK SHOWED THAT THE LAST CONDITION INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON 01/08/2011. THE AIRCRAFT DOES HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON 08/23/2010 AS AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT WEIGHT-SHIFT CONTROL, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION ON RECORD. EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT RECORDS REVEALED THAT NO OFFICIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE COULD BE FOUND IN FAA DATABASES

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR23LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA025), Oct 26, 2022: Airborne Windsports Edge X (N354MB), Alturas, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot’s loss of control for undetermined reasons.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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