- Date
- July 31, 1983, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kingdon, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3881BTrager Goldwing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830731037289A
- Case key
- 23564
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was flying a registered, home built, ultralight acft that had just been certificated. The 1st flt was made earlier on the date of the accident. The plt stated that he made 10 landings at lodi, CA, with the wind about 20 deg off the rwy heading at 3 to 6 KTS. He then flew to Kingdon, CA which reportedly had the same wind conditions, but were from a different direction with respect to the rwy. The plt reported that he made several attempts to 'plant' the acft on the runway at Kingdon. Reportedly, he was experiencing control difficulties due to his unfamiliarity with the acft. On the 4th apch, he landed, but the acft veered to the right. He initiated a go-around, but the plane hit a fence & crashed. The plt stated that the acft was sensitive to small wind changes & had limited nosewheel steering. Also, he questioned the effectiveness of the acft's winglet rudders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3881B
- Reported as
- Trager Goldwing
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 355
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven C. Trager
- Departed
- 103 · Lodi, CA
- Airport
- 020 · Kingdon Airpark, runway 30, 4,000 × 140 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,353 total · 2 in this make and model · 1,281 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 54 °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.