- Date
- September 25, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Mill, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGCGS Hawk
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35134
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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
Planned approach - improperFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses observed the home built, ultralight vehicle as the plt was making a turn from downwind to final apch. They reported that the bank angle became steep as the plt was making a left turn. Subsequently, the vehicle entered a nose down attitude & crashed in a steep dive. An exam of the wreckage revealed no evidence of a preimpact, mechanical failure. Reportedly, the plt had made several flts, earlier that same day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- CGS Hawk
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Cuyuna ULR 430, 33 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Operator
- Rittner E. Will
- Registered owner
- No Registered Owner
- Airport
- Allen Wolf Pvt. Strip, runway 27, 1,000 × 25 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVP, 25 nm away