Gemini Int'l HUMMINGBIRD UNREG

Summary

On 15 August 1984 at about 00:30 local time, a Gemini Int'l HUMMINGBIRD registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Mount Hope, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 1984 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Hope, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.4065, -94.0151

Aircraft

Gemini Int'l HUMMINGBIRD

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 103: Ultralight

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FU007

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

THE NEWLY ACQUIRED ULTRALIGHT HAD BEEN FLOWN FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS DURING THE 2 WEEK PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP. ON THIS DAY, THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT 15 MPH AND THE OWNER WAS FLYING DOWNWIND OVER A HAY FIELD AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE ON THE TWIN ENGINE VEHICLE QUIT. THE PLT TURNED RIGHT TO TRY TO LAND INTO THE WIND, BUT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, DIRT WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH HAD NO FILTER BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE CARBURETOR. WHEN THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED DIRT WAS FOUND OBSTRUCTING THE NEEDLE VALVE ORIFICE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.