- Date
- September 26, 1982, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33FNSaville Hummer Falcon AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820926051229A
- Case key
- 71490
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot was flying a home built, ultralight aircraft which had been issued an airworthiness certificate. The aircraft was about 1100 ft AGL when the engine lost power. During a forced landing, the aircraft struck a fence and flipped over. An investigation revealed that an electrical short in the single ignition system had rendered it inoperative. The pilot believed that his five-point seat belt/shoulder harness system prevented personal injury during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33FN
- Reported as
- Saville Hummer Falcon AA-1A (FALCON AA-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AA1A000002
- Airframe hours
- 128
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Aero Lights Inc.
- Registered owner
- American Aero Lights Inc.
- Departed
- E98 · Los Lunas, NM
- Destination
- 4AC · Albuquerque, NM
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 18 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.