- Date
- July 13, 1984, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Snellville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGTeraton TA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6561
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Analysis
After making a touch & go landing, the plt was unable to climb over trees at the departure end of the rwy. Subsequently, the ultralight vehicle lodged in a tree about 40 to 50 ft AGL. The plt said that he was not injured during the impact with the tree. However, while climbing down, he slipped & fell an estimated 30 to 35 ft & was seriously injured.
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.
In flight collision with object
Touch-and-go - initiated
Distance - misjudgedFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not attainedCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Touch-and-go - intentionalFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Miscellaneous/other
Judgment - poor
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Teraton TA
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Rotax UNKNOWN, 28 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Jerry M. Sheppard
- Airport
- GA80 · Whispering Points, runway 33, 2,600 × 20 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 27 nm away