He had launched from Poo Poo Point on Tiger Mountain with the intent of landing not at the Tiger Mountain Flight Park landing point, but instead in a pasture near his home in Renton, Washington.
Er war am Poo Poo Point am Tiger Mountain mit der Absicht gestartet, nicht im Tiger Mountain Flight Park, sondern auf einer Wiese in der Nähe seines Hauses in Renton zu landen.