- Date
- August 26, 1983, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roseville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGMidwest Microlites - Tomcat
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23532
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
According to the plt, he was attempting to land in a plowed field which was adjacent to a rice field. During the landing maneuver, the plt entered a left turn over the rice field. As he continued the turn over the plowed field, a thermal was encountered & the vehicle entered a 45 deg right bank. He reported that when the 'thermal ceased', the airspeed had decreased to where he was unable to correct the steep bank angle. Reportedly, the bank angle remained constant until the vehicle collided with the ground. An exam of the eng & vehicle revealed no evidence of any preexisting malfunction or failure. A ground witness reported that the wind was from aprx 270 deg at 10 KTS. A levee was located next to the crash site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Midwest Microlites - Tomcat
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Cuyuna 1, 35 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Steve Benadek
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F