# NTSB CHI84FU007: Collins Fisher FP-202, Ludington, MI, July 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Ludington, MI
- Coordinates: 43.949604, -86.440765 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9496&lon=-86.4408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12436
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FU007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12436/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FU007

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - wing,spar - failure,total
  - maintenance,major alteration - inadequate, manufacturer (cause)
  - material inadequate, other person (cause)

## Analysis

THE ULTRA-LIGHT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE PILOT AND TWO OTHER PERSONS. THIS GROUP HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION. THIS WAS THE THIRD KNOWN FLIGHT FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. IT HAD BEEN FLOWN TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE AILERONS HAD BEEN MADE. THE PILOT WAS IN A TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL WHEN HE STARTED TO LOOSE ALTITUDE. WHEN HE ADDED POWER THE NOSE STARTED UP THEN THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT SCRAP HOUSE PANELING WAS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS VEHICLE. ALSO SEVERAL GLUE JOINTS PULLED APART WITHOUT SPLINTERING THE CONTACTING SURFACES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: COLLINS FISHER FP-202 (FISHER FP-)
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engines: KAWASAKI 440-A2 40 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 103
- Registered owner: Beverly Collins
- Airport: LDM, Mason County, runway 36, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 803 total, 707 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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