- Date
- June 8, 1983, 20:08 local (Jun 9, 1983, 00:08 UTC)
- Place
- Fraser, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- UNREGSunburst 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12036
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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.
Analysis
A witness reported that this ultralight was 1 of 3 that took off on rwy 18, then turned 180 deg to a northerly heading. He reported that the ultralight was in level flt at aprx 200 ft when it suddenly pitched nose down, then it nosed up. At about that time, he noticed that the left wing was partially broken & the outermost part of the wing was flapping independently from the motion of the rest of the acft. The witness stated that the ultralight entered a steep nose down attitude, became inverted & crashed. Reportedly, the accident occurred when 1 of the wing support wires separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Sunburst 1
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- None
- Departed
- D13 · Fraser, MI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- D13 · Fraser, runway 18, 2,550 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None