# NTSB CHI84LU010: Pioneer Flightstar, Westfield, IN, August 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1984, 18:32 local (23:32 UTC)
- Place: Westfield, IN
- Coordinates: 40.040283, -86.130828 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-86.1308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12797
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LU010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12797/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LU010

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIONEER FLIGHTSTAR
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number: 303
- Engines: 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.

- 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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