# NTSB NYC83FU007: Easy Riser 1, Canandaigua, NY, July 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1983, 20:30 local (Jul 19, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Coordinates: 42.88055, -77.280548 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8805&lon=-77.2805&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FU007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35130/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FU007

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EASY RISER 1
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Douglas Armitt
- Airport: D38, Canandaigua, runway 34, 1,900 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ROC

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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