- Date
- July 7, 1984, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGPterodactyl Fledgling
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12795
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Ignition system - shortedCause
Maintenance,inspection - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Terrain condition - risingFactor
Nose down
Analysis
The ultralight was in the takeoff climb at about 75 ft AGL when the engine failed. During the emergency forced landing, the acft landed hard on upsloping terrain & the nose gear failed in overload. Investigation revealed that an ignition wire was worn and had shorted to the acft frame.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Pterodactyl Fledgling
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Cuyuna 429, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Operator
- Michael B. Mcarthey
- Registered owner
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 76 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None