- Date
- May 7, 1983, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gilbert, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3225DGoldwing Dragan
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830507018279A
- Case key
- 23706
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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 plt/owner had assembled the acft from a kit aprx 1 yr prior to the accident. He reported that the acft was not equipped with brakes. When he returned to land at the ultralight flt park, he decided to make a low, short final apch to decrease the stoppage distance. Near the apch end of the rwy, there was a perpendicular road that was elevated 3 to 4 ft above the landing area. The plt stated that the nose wheel impacted the north side of the road, about 3 to 4 inches from the top. After hitting the road, the acft bounced upwards, stalled & impacted on the rwy, collapsing the nose gear. The acft then ground looped & collapsed the main gear. The wind was reportedly from the south at 5 to 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3225D
- Reported as
- Goldwing Dragan
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 173
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Cuyuna 30RD, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerry J. Dragan, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- Ultralight Co Flt Park, runway 18, 800 × 120 ft, dirt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 25 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.