- Date
- November 5, 1986, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4481PQuicksilver MX II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861105054059A
- Case key
- 13552
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
Flare - excessiveCause
Judgment - poor
Stall - inadvertentFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot was making a precautionary landing in the ultralight, when during the landing flare he stalled the aircraft and subsequently collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4481P
- Reported as
- Quicksilver MX II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1417
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX, 54 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John J. Lytle
- Registered owner
- Ken Johannessen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- 07 · Wheatland Field, runway 36, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 30 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.