- Date
- August 27, 1983, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mccloud, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- UNREGBird Bird
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23877
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Planning/decision - improperCause
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Analysis
While landing on ranch land, the utralight vehicle touched down without incident. However, during the landing roll, the plt put both feet down to slow the landing roll, & subsequently, broke both legs. He stated that he had misjudged the airspeed when he put his feet down to stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Bird Bird
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 15
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Continental 11, 15 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Operator
- Burnley Stufin
- Registered owner
- N/A
- Airport
- 06
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 102 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F