- Date
- July 5, 1983, 19:15 local (Jul 6, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brewster, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGMattison MAC 300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33360
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The ultralight went out of control and dove in a cockscrew spiral to the ground. The vehicle did not move after impact. The acft was at about 200 ft AGL when witnesses saw it dip the right wing and start a spin which was described as a corkscrew. It made 4 or 5 revolutions before hitting the ground. The sheriff took a picture which shows that the upper hinge clevis on the rudder post is not connected to the rudder support post. The pin is in the support post clevis. The vehicle was hangered in a shed that required the rudder be removed to hanger it. The pilot said he installed the rudder before the accident flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Mattison MAC 300
- Category
- Ultralight
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Kawasaki TA340A-F202, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Hawkins, Sr.
- Airport
- 5KSO · Hutton, runway 14, 4,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 20 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F