- Date
- December 22, 1984, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeside, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4673DWeedhopper Super Nova II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841222067719A
- Case key
- 24615
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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 ultralight acft lost power on takeoff & stalled into the ground. According to the builder/plt the capillary type fuel pump had failed to function properly on the takeoff climb causing fuel starvation. He failed to recover from a nose high attitude in time to prevent the stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4673D
- Reported as
- Weedhopper Super Nova II (SUPER NOVA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 103
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 48 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rusty E. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Lakeside, CA
- Airport
- NONE · Vigilante Ultra Air Park, runway 31, 1,200 × 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 24 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.