Tennessee Crash

[scottf]

Saw this on the FAA's preliminary data page. Anyone know any more details?

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** Report created 7/29/2008 Record 1 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 3511N Make/Model: EXP Description: BUCKEYE BREEZE
Date: 07/26/2008 Time: 1700

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
City: NEW MARKET State: TN Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, CRASHED INTO THE TREES, NEW MARKET, TN

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

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Take-off Operation: OTHER


FAA FSDO: NASHVILLE, TN (CE19) Entry date: 07/29/2008

[Jim Mac Leay]

Aircraft was a Buckeye Breeze, temperature 90 degrees, field short, unimproved pasture land & poor planning. Pilot received broken back, passenger minor bruises. Yes, the FAA did investigate and was at the plane on Saturday.

[mignazito]

There should be a lesson here. Till we get a complete report it's conjecture, but crashing into the trees looks like lack of situational awareness to me.

Probable lesson: Know field conditions, atmospheric conditions, gross loading and how your aircraft performs under current conditions or don't go.

[texas_tl]

Here are several short news articles reporting the 'hang glider' crash. It seems that no one knows what to call it, so it's become a 'hang glider' in all the reports. :)

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=61315

http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/25950779.html

http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=8742050

[scottf]

It always amazes me how poor journalism is. One person doesn't check their facts, the editor doesn't check the journalist, and then everyone parrots the original article.

I would venture to say that most people know what a hang glider is, and that it doesn't have a big huge parachute above it.