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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Hirz Bay, CA · June 10, 2026

Date: June 10, 2026 · 06:18 local
Place: Hirz Bay, CA
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
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.

A pilot of an ultralight crashed into lake shasta after losing control of the aircraft about 200 feet above the water and was rescued without serious injuries.

This incident moved to an occurrence. This ultra-light does not meet the classification requirements for an incident. It also does not meet the classification requirements for NTSB to investigate into this crash. Pilot was uninjured and there was no property damage involved due to it crashed into the lake that it shortly took off from. Weather was clear at the time. The ultra-light was unregistered, and the pilot did not require a pilot license.

As the FAA filed it

A PILOT OF AN ULTRALIGHT CRASHED INTO LAKE SHASTA AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE WATER AND WAS RESCUED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURIES.

THIS INCIDENT MOVED TO AN OCCURRENCE. THIS ULTRA-LIGHT DOES NOT MEET THE CLASSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INCIDENT. IT ALSO DOES NOT MEET THE CLASSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NTSB TO INVESTIGATE INTO THIS CRASH. PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE INVOLVED DUE TO IT CRASHED INTO THE LAKE THAT IT SHORTLY TOOK OFF FROM. WEATHER WAS CLEAR AT THE TIME. THE ULTRA-LIGHT WAS UNREGISTERED, AND THE PILOT DID NOT REQUIRE A PILOT LICENSE.