- Date
- August 22, 1984, 18:32 local (23:32 UTC)
- Place
- Westfield, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGPioneer Flightstar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12797
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 control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The ultralight dove into the ground from about 100 ft AGL while in the traffic pattern. The plt at first interview said the engine quit. Later, the plt's father said he was told by the plt that the vehicle just stalled. Witnesses heard the engine running and post-accident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of anything wrong with the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Pioneer Flightstar
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 303
- Engine
- Kawasaki TA440A, 35 horsepower, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Alpha Aircraft
- Airport
- 172 · Westfield, runway 36, 1,500 × ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None