Overview

• The crash occurred on September 27 over Jiange County in Sichuan shortly after takeoff, and the ultralight struck the ground and caught fire.
• Rescuers and the family confirmed the death, and footage from the livestream on Douyin spread widely online.
• The aircraft was a single-seat coaxial-rotor ultralight that Tang bought in 2024 for about 350,000 yuan, according to China News Service.
• Local reports say the same craft experienced brief uncontrolled descents in 2024 due to a faulty fuel indicator.
• Tang had publicly claimed he did not need a pilot license after roughly six hours of practice, and authorities are still determining the cause of the crash.