# NTSB NYC83FU008: Goldwing None, Broadalbin, NY, August 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1983, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Broadalbin, NY
- Coordinates: 43.049209, -74.190689 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0492&lon=-74.1907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35131
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FU008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35131/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FU008

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate training, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE OWNER/BUILDER/PLT HAD RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED THE HOME BUILT ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO FRIENDS, HE MOST LIKELY HAD NEVER RIDDEN IN AN AIRPLANE & HE BELIEVED IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BUILD & FLY THE ULTRALIGHT WITH NO INSTRUCTION. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF A GARAGE WHERE THE ULTRALIGHT WAS BUILT, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD ADVISED THE PLT THAT FLT LESSONS WOULD BE PRUDENT, BUT HE DISAGREED. REPORTEDLY, THE PLT HAD MADE TAXI RUNS & HAD SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO 'CROW HOP' THE ULTRALIGHT AS HIS NEXT STEP TOWARD HIS 1ST FLT. HOWEVER, AFTER LIFTING OFF, THE ULTRALIGHT CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO APRX 60 TO 75 FT AGL. AFTER CLEARING ELECTRIC LINES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD, THE ULTRALIGHT WAS OBSERVED TO BEGIN A LEFT YAW THAT CONTINUED UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD TURNED TO AN EASTERLY HEADING. THE WINGS HAD REMAINED LEVEL UNTIL THIS POINT, THEN THE VEHICLE ENTERED A LEFT ROLL, THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN & THE ULTRALIGHT CRASHED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, ALMOST INVERTED ATTITUDE. THE ENG SOUNDED NORMAL & CONTINUED OPERATING UNTIL IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GOLDWING NONE
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Engines: CUYUNA 430-R 30 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Patrick Henry Anderson, Jr.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: front; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALB, 25 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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