- Date
- May 20, 1984, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4443MCondor III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520023169A
- Case key
- 6463
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Compensation for wind conditions - not performedCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The two place ultralight actt crashed 30FT short of the rwy due to fuel exhaustion. The acft had been flying into a headwind of 13 knots at an indicated airspeed of 40 knots. The acft impacted in some underbrush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4443M
- Reported as
- Condor III
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 83-128-3-2
- Engine
- Kawasaki TC-440-LC, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Jasper M. Maxwell
- Departed
- Calhoun, GA
- Airport
- Ga Lite Flite
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 14 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.