# Accident 20230713018419A: Indianola, MS, July 13, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2023, 10:35 local time
- Place: Indianola, MS
- Airport: Indianola Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4857° N, 90.6789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANOLA MUNI (IDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4857&lon=-90.6789&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230713018419A

## Narrative

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

11/15/2023: THE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI FSDO RECEIVED AN INCIDENT REPORT OF PRIMARY INFORMATION FROM FAA OPS:  EVENT ID 804121 – 06/13/2023/1535Z/LOCAL TIME 1035 CDT).  IDL INDIANOLA, MS AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED THAT AN UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD.  INJURIES UNKNOWN, AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNKNOWN, AND EXTENT UNKNOWN.

11/15/2023 - PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE FOLLOWED UP WITH IDL AIRPORT MANAGER.  THE AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED THIS IS BASED ON WHAT HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN ULTRALIGHT, THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE 13,2023, AT INDIANOLA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (IDL/KIDL), INDIANOLA, MS.

ON JUNE 13TH, 2023, AT AROUND 10:30 PM, AN ULTRALIGHT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR INDIANOLA, MS. THE SOLE PILOT WAS INJURED BUT REFUSED MEDICAL SERVICES.

THE UNCONFIRMED PILOT, ATTEMPTED TO LAND HIS ULTRALIGHT ON RUNWAY 36. HE COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY IN THE DARK BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A RADIO TO ACTIVATE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. HE MADE A GO AROUND THEN CALLED A FRIEND OF HIS TO SHINE HIS PICKUP HEADLIGHTS ONTO THE RUNWAY IN ORDER TO SEE. HE BOUNCED HARD AND ATTEMPTED ANOTHER GO AROUND BUT CRASHED INTO A BEAN FIELD.

11/17/2023 – PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE FOLLOWED UP WITH AN ONSITE INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT IDL.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT NO TRACEABLE MARKING COULD BE FOUND ON OR AROUND THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO BE A CHALLENGER II LIGHT SPORT.  THE CONTACT NUMBER THAT WAS GIVEN FOR THE ALLEGED PILOT AND RENTAL OF THE HANGAR SPACE WAS NO LONGER IN SERVICE AND DISCONNECTED.

BASE ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PROCEED AND CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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