- Date
- July 7, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGUFM Easy Riser
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33801
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Maneuver - initiated
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The ultralight was making turns at low alt when it stalled and spun into the ground. The plt was unable to recover before ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- UFM Easy Riser
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engine
- Yamaha 100, 15 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Randy D. Stackhouse
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F