- Date
- June 11, 1984, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisburg, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGLycan Nomad II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12794
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
According to witnesses, the plt was on an apch to land in a field near his home when the ultralight vehicle's tailwheel caught onto a power line. The ultralight then crashed nose 1st into the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Lycan Nomad II
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 277, 28 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Tanner Lycan
- Departed
- Orient, OH
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 17 nm away