Panaplane PAPPILLON UNREG

Summary

On 19 February 1984 at about 16:55 local time, a Panaplane PAPPILLON registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 February 1984 at 16:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Pepperell (MAD9)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Panaplane PAPPILLON

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 103: Ultralight

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FU003

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 AIRMAN TOOK OFF ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLT AFTER ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS OF GROUND INSTRUCTION AND NO FLT INSTRUCTION. THEFLT PROCEEDED AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF TO TURN LEFT AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL TO AVOID A HANGER. AFTER A PRECISE 90 DEGREE TURN, THE ACFT CONTINUED TOWARD THE RIVER AND SOME TREES. NO MORE TURNS WERE MADE TO STAY WITHIN THE ARPT BOUNDARY AND THE VEHICLE CONTACTED THE TREES BORDERING THE RIVER. THE VEHICLE FELL INTO THE WATER AND THE PLT DROWNED IN THE WRECKAGE. THERE WERE NO PLT CERTIFICATES OR RECORDED FLT TIME LOCATED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.