ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300217
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 October 2022 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: | Airborne Edge X Classic |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N354MB |
| MSN: | 582-912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Alturas Municipal Airport (AAT/KAAT), Alturas, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Alturas Municipal Airport, CA (KAAT) |
| Alturas Municipal Airport, CA (KAAT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On October 25,2022 at approximately 1800 Pacific standard time, an unregistered Airborne Windsports Edge X weight-shift control aircraft was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Alturas Municipal Airport (AAT), Alturas, California. The noncertificated pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, personal flight.
There were no witnesses who observed the accident flight and no flight track data that captured the event. According to a friend of the pilot, they had recently completed several demonstration flights together before the friend sold the aircraft to the pilot. After the pilot suggested to his friend that he had limited experience in the accident aircraft, the friend recommended he receive some training before he operated the aircraft.
According to photographs, the aircraft impacted desert terrain on the AAT property, near a runway and came to rest in a nose down position, on its left wing tip.
Sources:
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=354mb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Edge
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000514147.html (photos)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 June 2010 | N354MB | Thomas Parnow | 0 | Alturas, California | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2022 17:10 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 26-Oct-2022 17:10 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 27-Oct-2022 01:25 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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