- Date
- June 11, 1984, 19:21 local (Jun 12, 1984, 00:21 UTC)
- Place
- Orfordville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGEipper Quicksilver MXL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12792
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Control interference - inadvertentCause
Remedial action - inadequate
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The operator, flying off a local street, had just off-loaded a passenger when another individual asked for a ride. The operator agreed and was on takeoff climb when the passenger interferred with the controls resulting in an uncontrolled descent and ground impact. The two place ultralight had not been granted any exemptions for limited training flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Eipper Quicksilver MXL (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 337, 34 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Operator
- William A. Arneson
- Departed
- Ordfordville, WI
- Airport
- JVL · Jamesville
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 3 nm away