- Date
- November 6, 1983, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Adelanto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGBradey Goldwing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24009
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Maneuver - performed
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Reportedly, during a local flt, the ultralight vehicle entered a steep climb. After reaching appx 1000 ft AGL, it was observed to enter a flat spin, then crash. Witnesses reported that the eng sounded normal. One witness indicated that the plt performed several 60 to 70 deg bank wing-overs during the flt, just prior to the accident. No preimpact failures or malfunctions of the vehicle were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Bradey Goldwing
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430D, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Patrick A. Bradey
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F