# NTSB NYC83FU011: CGS Hawk, Huntington Mill, PA, September 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Huntington Mill, PA
- Coordinates: 41.199806, -76.270591 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1998&lon=-76.2706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FU011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35134/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FU011

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CGS HAWK
- Category: Ultralight, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 60; 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

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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