Trager GOLDWING N3881B

Summary

On 31 July 1983 at about 23:00 local time, a Trager GOLDWING registered N3881B was involved in an accident near Kingdon, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 July 1983 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingdon, California, United States

Nearest airport

Kingdon Airpark (020)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Trager GOLDWING

Registration

N3881B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lodi → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FVD05

Nobody was 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

THE PLT WAS FLYING A REGISTERED, HOME BUILT, ULTRALIGHT ACFT THAT HAD JUST BEEN CERTIFICATED. THE 1ST FLT WAS MADE EARLIER ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE MADE 10 LANDINGS AT LODI, CA, WITH THE WIND ABOUT 20 DEG OFF THE RWY HEADING AT 3 TO 6 KTS. HE THEN FLEW TO KINGDON, CA WHICH REPORTEDLY HAD THE SAME WIND CONDITIONS, BUT WERE FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE RWY. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO 'PLANT' THE ACFT ON THE RUNWAY AT KINGDON. REPORTEDLY, HE WAS EXPERIENCING CONTROL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO HIS UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE ACFT. ON THE 4TH APCH, HE LANDED, BUT THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, BUT THE PLANE HIT A FENCE & CRASHED. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS SENSITIVE TO SMALL WIND CHANGES & HAD LIMITED NOSEWHEEL STEERING. ALSO, HE QUESTIONED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ACFT'S WINGLET RUDDERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.