Pterodactyl ASCENDER II+ UNREG

Summary

On 27 August 1983 at about 11:45 local time, a Pterodactyl ASCENDER II+ registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Haskell, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 1983 at 11:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Haskell, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Haskell (00K7)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Pterodactyl ASCENDER II+

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 103: Ultralight

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Norman

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

FTW83FU004

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 PLT & HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE DEPARTING THE AIRPORT IN SEPARATE ULTRALIGHT VEHICLES TO PROCEED ON A X-COUNTRY FLT FOR A FLY-IN. THE INSTRUCTOR SAW THE PLT TAKEOFF, BUT LOST SIGHT OF HIM MOMENTS LATER & DID NOT SEE THE ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, AN EYE WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE ULTRALIGHT FLYING FROM THE AIRPORT, IN A RIGHT TURN. THE WITNESS HEARD THE ENG REV UP & SAW THE NOSE OF THE VEHICLE DROP. HE REPORTED THAT THE ULTRALIGHT ENTERED A STEEP SPIRAL & IMPACTED THE GROUND. AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT DESCREPANCY WITH EITHER THE ENG OR THE AIRFRAME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.