- Date
- June 15, 1984, 20:00 local (Jun 16, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Joseph, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- UNREGUltralight Flight Phantom
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12793
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.
Hard landing
Judgment - poorFactor
Powerplant controls - improper use ofFactor
Flare - improperCause
Remedial action - not possible
Loss of control - in flight
Stall/mush - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt was practicing power-off landings, during which he reportedly cut-off the engine at about 50 ft AGL. During the 5th landing of this type, the ultralight lost speed, then entered a descent & touched down hard in a nose low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Ultralight Flight Phantom
- Category
- Ultralight
- Serial number
- 00172
- Engine
- Kawasaki TA 440A, 35 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Ed Niklaus
- Airport
- NONE · Busboom (Pvt)
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Observed at
- 1 nm away