Cgs HAWK N918JS

Summary

On 4 December 1982 at about 20:20 local time, a Cgs HAWK registered N918JS, operated by Micharl D. Morgan, was involved in an accident near Dewitt, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 December 1982 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Dewitt, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.7909, -84.5893

Aircraft

Cgs HAWK

Registration

N918JS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Micharl D. Morgan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dewitt → Dewitt

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83FA068

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE OWNER HAD BEEN CONDUCTING HI-SPEED TAXI PRACTICE WITH SHORT TAKEOFF/LANDING HOPS IN THE SAME DIRECTION BUT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN LIFT-OFF. HE THEN ASKED THE PLT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE PLT SAID HE WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FLY THE ULTRALIGHT. ON THE 2ND RUN THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BY ABOUT 10-12 FT AGL. POWER WAS REDUCED & THE ACFT NOSED IN HARD FOLLOWED BY A BOUNCE INTO THE AIR NOSE HIGH. POWER WAS APPLIED & THE ACFT CONTINUED A CLIMB JUST CLEARING POWER LINES. THE ACFT THEN LOST ALTITUDE, WOBBLED SLIGHTLY, & MADE A SLOW RIGHT BANK GAINING ALTITUDE. DURING AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE FIELD IT WAS OBSERVED TO SUDDENLY DIVE TOWARD THE GROUND. THE PLT HAD COMPLETED A CHECK RIDE IN A SINGLE-SEAT CGS HAWK DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982. THE OBSERVER REPORTEDLY STATED THAT THE PLT WAS NOT AS SMOOTH AS OTHER PILOTS THAT HAD COMPLETED SIMILAR CHECK RIDES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.