- Date
- October 28, 1984, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3998JMoore Quicksilver MX II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841028058759A
- Case key
- 12945
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Analysis
Plt landed in open field to tighten his scarf, which had become loose and posed a possible hazard. A second ultralight landed to see of the plt had problems, then departed toward the east, successfuly negotiating a 10 kt x-wind. Plt elected to takeoff in same direction. Lack of headwind component prolonged the ground run and acft entered a rougher area. X-wind raised left wing as left gear struck a dirt bank, causing acft to nose down into terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3998J
- Reported as
- Moore Quicksilver MX II (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1255
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 46 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kennethe C. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Aurora, IL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 25 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.