- Date
- April 27, 1983, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Norwalk, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGAirmass Sunburst B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12035
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The ultralight made several low altitude turns over the area and in heading for an open field several 35 ft trees had tobe cleared. Clearance of the trees was estimated by witnesses as 5 ft or less. The acft went out of control in a left turn beyond the trees and crashed in a trapid nose down descent. No malfunctions were noted during the examination of the airframe and engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Airmass Sunburst B
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- NONE
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Cuyuna TWIN CYLINDER, 35 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Personal Planes, Inc.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,644 total · 500 in this make and model · 2,575 as pilot in command · 199 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F