- Date
- December 3, 1983, 09:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39584Paul S. Kerr Condor III 400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831203059769A
- Case key
- 30953
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Analysis
The instructor plt (CFI) & student were practicing apchs in a 2-place/registered ultralight with single controls. Just prior to touchdown, the CFI told the student to go around. After initiating a climb, the acft encountered turbulence. The student overcontrolle, while correcting, & stalled the acft. The CFI assumed control, but could not get the student to remove his feet from the rudder pedals. The acft drifted toward a tree & encountered more turbulence, then the left wing hit the tree & the acft crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39584
- Reported as
- Paul S. Kerr Condor III 400 (CONDOR III)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 831423
- Airframe hours
- 300
- Engine
- Kawasaki 440A, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul S. Kerr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1983 · 125 hours before
- Airport
- None
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,894 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.