- Date
- August 2, 1983, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Grover Hill, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGFisher 101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12364
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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 plt reported that after takeoff, he started a left turn. While climbing thru aprx 300 ft AGL, he lost aileron control. Reportedly, the ultralight vehicle was destroyed during a forced landing in a soybean field. The plt reported that the aileron cables came loose at a nicropress connection. In his accident report, he recommended that acft nicropress sleeves & nicropress tools be used for cable connections. Reportedly, he had a student plt license & had accumulated 15 hrs of flt time. The ultralight vehicle had a total flt time of aprx 9 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Fisher 101
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- NONE
- Airframe hours
- 9
- Engine
- Kawasaki TA 440B, 38 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- William J. Mcdonough
- Airport
- 84D · Tri-County, runway 27, 2,180 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F