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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Kolb Firestar II · O'Brien, FL · August 4, 2023

Date
August 4, 2023 · 21:00 local
Place
O'Brien, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
UNREG
Reported as
Kolb Firestar II
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

An unregistered ultralight was found

Stuck in trees 40 feet above ground after departing FL10

The pilot had fallen through the windshield and was

Fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

AN UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT WAS FOUND

STUCK IN TREES 40 FEET ABOVE GROUND AFTER DEPARTING FL10

THE PILOT HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND WAS

FATALLY INJURED.