Pioneer FLIGHTSTAR UNREG

Summary

On 8 September 1984 at about 02:45 local time, a Pioneer FLIGHTSTAR registered UNREG, operated by Paul Price, was involved in an accident near Lowerlake, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1984 at 02:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lowerlake, California, United States

Coordinates

38.8800, -122.5495

Aircraft

Pioneer FLIGHTSTAR

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

1

Operator

Paul Price

Operating rule

Part 103: Ultralight

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lowerlake → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

LAX84FU033

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

AFTER TAKEOFF THE ULTRALIGHT FLEW AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL TOWARD A ROW OF OAK TREES BORDERING A PASTURE. IT THEN STRUCK A 60 FT TREE & CRASHED. TWO WITNESSES WHO KNEW THE PLT WELL STATED HE HAD 'BEEN DRINKING QUITE A BIT' ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THEY ALSO STATED THE PLT '...LIKED TO TRIM THE TOPS OF THE TREES' & HAD A REPUTATION AS 'A HOT DOG.' THE PLT'STHREE PREVIOUS CERTIFICATES, DATING FROM 1964, HAD EITHER BEEN REVOKED OR RESCINDED FOR VARIOUS FAR VIOLATIONS & MEDICALREASONS. HIS ORIG STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE WAS REVOKED IN 1964 FOR VARIOUS FAR VIOLATIONS INCLUDING UNWARRANTED LOW FLT NEAR OCCUPIED BOATS AT SEA. LATER APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES WERE DENIED & REVOKED DUE TO 'A CLINICAL HISTORY OF A DISTURBANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITHOUT SATISFACTORY MEDICAL EXPLANATION. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS 0.08%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.