- Date
- June 12, 1983, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Battle Creek, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGPara-Sail Glider
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12037
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.
In flight collision with object
Low pass - performedFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The ultralight vehicle was observed flying low over a golf course. As it approached a tall tree, witnesses heard the addition of power. However, a wing hit the tree & the ultralight spiraled down & impacted the ground. The plt did not possess an FAA plt rating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Para-Sail Glider
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Cuyuna UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F