# NTSB ATL86FEK06: Sunburst N/A, Lima, OH, August 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1986, 20:30 local (Aug 29, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Lima, OH
- Coordinates: 40.710327, -84.059165 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7103&lon=-84.0592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6985
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FEK06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6985/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FEK06

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - roll/run
  - flight control,aileron - jammed
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SUNBURST N/A
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; 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

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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