# NTSB MKC84FU003: American Aerolights Eagle XL, Millard, NE, May 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Millard, NE
- Coordinates: 41.210487, -96.12004 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2105&lon=-96.1200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33566
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FU003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33566/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FU003

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not attained, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT OF THE ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE WAS FLYING AS #2 IN A FLT OF 2. THE PLT OF THE LEAD ACFT STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED RAIN SHOWERS SOUTH OF MILLARD & ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT AHEAD OF THE PRECIPITATION. AFTER ARRIVING, THEY LANDED ON A 40 FT WIDE TAXIWAY BESIDE RWY 12. THERE WERE HANGAR STRUCTURES APRX 100 FT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXIWAY. THE LEAD PLT SAID THAT HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE ON SHORT FINAL APCH & DURING THE FLARE. THE # 2 PLT LANDED IN TRAIL. DURING #2'S LANDING, THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE TAXIWAY, THEN THE VEHICLE TURNED RIGHT TO APRX 200 DEG. THE #2 PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND, BUT THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 10 FT AGL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AEROLIGHTS EAGLE XL
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engines: CUYUNA 430 35 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Howard Rannels
- Departed: MLE, MILLARD, NE
- Airport: MLE, Millard, runway 12, 3,800 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: center; flight hours: 100 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OMA, 13 nm away

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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