Wayne Ison PDQ-II N41835

Summary

On 29 August 1982 at about 16:45 local time, a Wayne Ison PDQ-II registered N41835, operated by C.k. Fahler, was involved in an accident near Mars, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 August 1982 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Mars, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Lakehill

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Wayne Ison PDQ-II

Registration

N41835

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

C.k. Fahler

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mars, → Mars,

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82FGM15

1 person was seriously injured.

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

WITNESSES STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY, OVERHEAD AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. ONE WITNESS ALSO STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A TURN AS IF TO RETURN FOR LANDING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING AND BEGAN TO ROCK SHARPLY. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT STRUCK A UTILITY POLE ABOUT 20 FT AGL, THEN IMPACTED ON THE EDGE OF A ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS BUILT PRIMARILY FROM FIBERGLASS AND STYROFOAM, LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED DURING IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.