Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Flying H Ranch Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Buckley, Washington 98321
Monday, July 7, 2014 20:20 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 7, 2014, about 2020 Pacific daylight time, an ultralight Bailey-Moyes Microlights Dragonfly B, N7008Z, impacted trees after the pilot activated the onboard parachute near Flying H Ranch Airport, Buckley, Washington. Private individuals owned and operated the ultralight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The private pilot sustained minor injuries; the ultralight was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot departed Burnett Landing Airport, Wilkeson, Washington about 2000 for a local personal flight.
The pilot reported that about 15 minutes after departure, he was maneuvering the ultralight to the west of Flying H Ranch Airport. While maneuvering at an airspeed of about 33-34 mph, the pilot initiated a right turn. The ultralight then assumed a nose-low attitude with the right wing low. The pilot felt no feedback pressure on the control stick and determined that there was a flight control malfunction. He activated the onboard BRS emergency parachute when the ultralight was about 100 feet above the trees. The ultralight subsequently collided with the trees and came to rest inverted about .4 nautical miles from the airport.
The wreckage was recovered for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/7/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 2020 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Buckley |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 98321 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 471102N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1220712W |
| Event Location Airport | Flying H Ranch Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | WN42 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 270 |
| Airport Elevation | 600 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 255 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 270 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KPLU |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 538 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 10 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 17 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.05 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KPLU 080255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A3005 RMK |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Comm Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 24 2014 3:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N7008Z |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA285 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BAILEY-MOYES MICROLIGHTS |
| Aircraft Model | DRAGONFLY B MODEL |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 046 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Ultralight |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Conditional |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CARSWELL CHRIS |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | BUCKLEY |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 983218582 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | CARSWELL CHRIS |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | BUCKLEY |
| Operator State | WA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 983218582 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | WN15 |
| Departure City | Wilkeson |
| Departure State | WA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 2000 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | WN15 |
| Destination City | Wilkeson |
| Destination State | WA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 24 2014 3:23PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |