Top Dog TRIKE UNREG

Summary

On 26 December 2004 at about 22:30 local time, a Top Dog TRIKE registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Torrey Pines, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 December 2004 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Torrey Pines, California, United States

Coordinates

32.8897, -117.2469

Aircraft

Top Dog TRIKE

Registration

UNREG

Category

Ultralight

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rancho Bernardo → Torrey Pines

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX05CA055

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in the in-flight collision with a power line and a subsequent forced landing. Low altitude flight was a contributing factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane impacted terrain following a collision with a high tension power line. The pilot was flying the airplane about 150 feet above ground level when the kingpin above the airplane's wing struck a high tension power line that crossed the flight path, resulting in a loss of airspeed and altitude. The pilot did not attempt to recover to level flight by adding power, but maneuvered for a forced landing. The pilot said he did not see the high tension power lines or towers before impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.