Aircraft down in North GA

An ultralight crashed in western suburbs of Atlanta in Paulding County on
Saturday. There were two souls on board. One perished. They departed from a
private grass strip. Speculation is that they stalled on departure while
trying to avoid trees. They were very likely over gross weight.

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 C-195B Restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNREG Make/Model: ULTR Description: UNREGISTERED
ULTRALIGHT
Date: 06/05/2004 Time: 1320

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: DALLAS State: GA Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AN UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT CRASHED INTO A HOUSE UNDER UNKNOWN
CIRCUMSTANCES, TWO PERSONS WERE ON BOARD, ONE WAS FATALLY INJURED AND ONE
WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, DALLAS, GA

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 2 Fat: 1 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED



OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: General Aviation

Departed: UNK Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: UNK Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing:
U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK

FAA FSDO: COLLEGE PARK, GA (SO11) Entry date: 06/07/2004

Hmmm. I thought ultralight category had no passengers. What am I thinking of?

-- Charlie Springer

(Regnirps) wrote in message ...
Hmmm. I thought ultralight category had no passengers. What am I thinking of?


Per FAR 103, no passengers. There are a number of ultralight-like
AC, usually also over the FAR 103 weight limit, that are considered
to be 'ultralight trainers'. E.G. Challenger II. Most likely they
are most often used, not for taining, but to carry passengers.

--

FF

Regnirps" wrote in message
...
Hmmm. I thought ultralight category had no passengers. What am I thinking
of?

-- Charlie Springer

Does it matter now to the dead man and his family? The FAA called it an
ultralight, but in the end, who cares? Somebody is gone and will never come
back.

I offer my condolences to any of his friends on the group. I know the
ultralight/sport plane community in our area is very tight. There are many
pilots mourning this loss.

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 C-195B Restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)