- Date
- May 29, 1983, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sumner, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGEipper Quicksilver MX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39636
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Analysis
The acft collided with a tree and crashed into a parking lot when the engine quit during a low pass maneuver near a memorial day crowd in a park. The ultralight acft was destroyed and the pilot was seriously injured. Witnesses describedthe acft doing wing-over maneuvers over the lake and making a second pass over the boat ramp park when the mishap occurred. One witness stated the engine stopped and the pilot reached over his head in an apparent attempt to restart the engine. This acft had 2 fuel containers. The main tank was turned on (petcock open) but it was empty of fuel. The other tank was half full but off (petcock closed). The acft collided with the tree while the pilot was trying to restartthe engine. The acft had only been flying a few minutes before the accident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Eipper Quicksilver MX (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Ultralight
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Cuyuna 1, 35 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 103
- Registered owner
- William G. Karras
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 29 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F