- Date
- January 15, 1986, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Caldwell, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGWorld Wide Industries Spit Fire #2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40308
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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 engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedFactor
Hard landing
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Analysis
The pilot of this ultralight said there was a loss of engine RPM. The aircraft was then damaged during an off airport landing. The pilot was not injured but the passenger received serious injuries. This ultralight aircraft did not meet the criteria for registration exemption and was considered an uncertified experimental aircraft. No reason for the power loss was determined during a successful post accident engine run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- World Wide Industries Spit Fire #2 (SPIT FIRE)
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Rotax UNK, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike Kiddleton
- Departed
- U-35 · Caldwell, ID
- Airport
- U3 · Caldwell Industrial, runway 30, 4,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 105 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F