- Date
- August 9, 1983, 20:20 local (Aug 10, 1983, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Shelby Township, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGEipper Quicksilver MX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12038
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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
The ultralight was flying low over a gravel pit and suddenly pulled up and went into a dive. The acft engine was runningthroughout the maneuver according to witnesses. The acft did not pull out of the dive and the acft dove into the water. One witness thought the windy day might have contributed to the plt getting into too steep a diving maneuver at low alt according to a co-owner of the acft who also witnessed the accident, this was the plts 2nd flt in this acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Eipper Quicksilver MX (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 4631
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430D, 35 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Operator
- Merton W. Harris
- Registered owner
- Merton W. Harris
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F