# NTSB ATL84FU005: Humer Unknown, Carrollton, KY, June 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1984, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Carrollton, KY
- Coordinates: 38.669864, -85.160743 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6699&lon=-85.1607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FU005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6340/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FU005

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ULTRALIGHT TOOK OFF FROM AN AIRSTRIP AND CLIMBED TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL. AT THIS POINT THE OPERATOR TURNED TO THE LEFT AND A WITNESS NOTICED THE WINGS ROCKING UNTIL A RIGHT TURN WAS ESTABLISHED. THIS TURN CONTINUED UNTIL THE VEHICLE HIT THE GROUND. THE ENGINE WAS HEARD RUNNING THE ENTIRE TIME. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES IN EQUIPMENT. AN EXAM OF THE PLT'S REMAINS REVEALED NOTHING EXCEPT A BLOOD-ALCOHOL RANGE OF 0.04%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUMER UNKNOWN
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 40
- Engines: CHAPALLAL UNKNOWN 22 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Wells George
- Airport: NONE, Pvt Airstrip, runway 4, 300 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; airplane ratings: single-engine land; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 40 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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