- Date
- August 28, 1986, 20:30 local (Aug 29, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lima, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- UNREGSunburst N/A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6985
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Flight control,aileron - jammed
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - crop
Analysis
According to the plt, the ultralight was being taxied when a gust of wind caused it to become airborne. The plt elected to fly around the traffic pattern and return for a landing, however, while airborne it was noted the ailerons were locked in the left bank position. The ultralight was damaged when a landing was made in a cornfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Sunburst N/A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- unknown UNK, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul L. Kesner
- Registered owner
- William H. Smith
- Airport
- AOH · Allen County, runway 32, 3,996 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 316 total · 210 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 235° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None