- Date
- August 19, 1984, 11:52 local (16:52 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGQuicksilver MX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12796
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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
Precautionary landing - simulated
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt was practicing power-off, simulated forced landing patters over farm fields. During a turn at aprx 200 ft AGL, the ultralight decelerated to a very slow speed & subsequently stalled. The plt was unable to recover from the stall before the ultralight impacted the ground. The winds were reported to be gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Quicksilver MX
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 377, 34 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Juanita E. Haas
- Departed
- Aurora, IL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 200 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F