Unregistered, unknown make and model ultralight: Incident occurred November 14, 2015 near Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (KUCY), Union City, Obion County, Tennessee

Date: 14-NOV-15
Time: 22:49:00Z
Regis#: UNREGISTERED
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Unknown
Damage: Unknown
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Memphis FSDO-21
City: UNION CITY
State: Tennessee

UNREGISTERED UNKNOWN MAKE AND MODEL ULTRALIGHT CRASHED NEAR UNION CITY, TN

OBION COUNTY, TN (KFVS) -  The Obion County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of an ultralight aircraft crashing on Saturday, Nov. 14.

The aircraft was on its way to Everett–Stewart Regional Airport in Union City, Tennessee.

Obion County Sheriff Jerry Vastbinder said that something reportedly broke in the aircraft, causing the pilot to lose maneuverability.

The aircraft force landed on Airport Road in Union City.

The plane was removed and the road is now back open.

Authorities have not released the name of the pilot yet, but said he was transferred to Regional One Health in Memphis with a broken leg.

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to begin investigating the cause of the accident on Monday.

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UNION CITY, Tenn. -- A ultralight plane crashed near an airport in Union City.

Josh Parish who lives right across the street from the airport saw the entire crash take place.

"My wife saw that a plane had gone down and she screamed and I wasn't looking the same way, I turned, then all of a sudden, the plane went down," said Parish

Being the only person near the scene of the crash, Parrish says his first instinct was to save the person in the crash. Despite gasoline pouring from the engine, Parrish and his stepson tried their best to get the pilot from the plane.

"We tried to pick up the plane and I had my step son with me, and we were just trying to pick up the propeller and and hold the pressure off of him until the rescue squad got here," he explained.

The pilot was eventually airlifted to the nearest hospital. Other than the pilot, no one else was injured. The cause of the crash is still being investigated.

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