Bailey DRAGON FLY UNREG
20 June 2002 · Trenton, Georgia, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 20 June 2002 at about 23:00 local time, a Bailey DRAGON FLY registered UNREG, operated by David A. Benjamin, was involved in an accident near Trenton, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Trenton, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lookout Mountain Ultralight (0GE3)
- Coordinates
- 34.9047, -85.4661
- Aircraft
- Bailey DRAGON FLY
- Registration
- UNREG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- David A. Benjamin
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Trenton → Trenton
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA02LA115
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in the airplane stalling, spinning, and impacting with the ground.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to witnesses the ultralight was at an altitude of about 200 feet, when the witness observed the it in a nose high attitude turn, stall, and spin nose low before impact. The witness heard full power applied to the engine, the airplane disappeared behind trees, and then heard the sound of impact with the ground.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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