# NTSB FTW84LU004: Vampire Satalar, Pearland, TX, February 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1984, 18:10 local (Feb 22, 1984, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Coordinates: 29.549703, -95.269287 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5497&lon=-95.2693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21490
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LU004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21490/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LU004

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DEPARTED THE PEARLAND ARPT, CLIMBED TO ABOUT 150 FEET AGL, ENTERED A LEFT TURN, STALLED AND CRASHED THROUGH THEMETAL ROOF OF A HANGAR. THE PLT STATED HE WAS EAGER TO GET AIRBORNE AND FLY THE TRAFFIC PATTERN BEFORE SUNDOWN. HE STATED THAT HE CLIMBED TOO STEEP, MADE A LEFT TURN AND STALLED THE LEFT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VAMPIRE SATALAR
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number: 5
- Airframe hours: 3
- Engines: SOLO UNKNOWN 20 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Jerry C Beetz
- Departed: T29, PEARLAND, TX
- Airport: Pearland

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: front; flight hours: 20 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F

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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