# NTSB LAX84FU029: Ultralight Soaring Wizard J-3B, Lake Elsinore, CA, July 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1984, 19:15 local (Jul 11, 1984, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FU029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24018/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FU029

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, maneuvering
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wing,wing rib - overload
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ULTRALIGHT WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES TO BE CIRCLING, THEN PERFORMED WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A 'BARREL-TYPE' MANEUVER. DURING THE MANEUVER, THE RIGHT WING COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SPIRALED TO THE GROUND IN AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. DURING THEINVESTIGATION OF THE WRECKAGE, THE TWO CENTER, RIGHT WING ALUMINUM SUPPORTS WERE FOUND BENT IN COMPRESSION AT AN ANGLE IN EXCESS OF 90 DEGREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ULTRALIGHT SOARING WIZARD J-3B (WIZARD J-3)
- Category: Ultralight
- Engines: ROTAX 337 34 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Marvin E. Long

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; seat: center; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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