# NTSB SEA91LA127: Maxair Ultralight, Toledo, WA, May 27, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1991, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Toledo, WA
- Coordinates: 46.449321, -122.760337 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4493&lon=-122.7603&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41446
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA91LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41446/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA127

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INATTENTIVENESS.  FACTORS WERE HIS PERFORMANCE OF A LOW PASS, AND A TRANSMISSION WIRE IN HIS FLIGHT PATH.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF THE UNREGISTERED, MAX AIR ULTRALIGHT FLEW INTO POWER TRANSMISSION LINES WHILE PULLING UP FROM A LOW PASS, OVER AN OPEN FIELD. TWO WITNESSES SAID THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW THAT THE WIRES WERE THERE.  THE PILOT WAS WAVING TO THE WITNESSES, AND CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN THE WIRES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Maxair ULTRALIGHT
- Category: Ultralight
- Engines: ROTAX R-503 45 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry L. Quick
- Registered owner: Larry L. Quick

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 5,500 total, 5,500 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

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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