- Date
- September 25, 1983, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Milan, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- UNREGRobertson Bird
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35135
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Analysis
According to the plt, he had just purchased the ultralight on the previous day & had no previous training in ultralights. On his 2nd flt in the vehicle, he landed hard, the tubular structure to the right gear collapsed & the lower seat support contacted the ground. The vertical load was transmitted to the plt's seat & the plt received a serious spinal injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Robertson Bird
- Category
- Ultralight
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430-R, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Lee J. Coulombe
- Airport
- BML · Berlin Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 2 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F