ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188693
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| Date: | Friday 15 July 2016 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: | TAG Toevs Titanium Explorer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N556XT |
| MSN: | TX007 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 175 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 914UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | northeast of Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newton, KS (KEWK) |
| Newton, KS (KEWK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The sport pilot was conducting a local flight in the gyroplane that he and his wife had built. Witnesses saw the gyroplane start a turn, the nose of the gyroplane pitch up, and then the gyroplane descend and impact the ground. A postimpact fire ensued and destroyed the gyroplane. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation; however, the examination was limited by fragmentation due to impact damage and heat damage due to the postimpact fire.
The pilot had an undiagnosed adrenal tumor and was being treated for hypertension, depression, and chronic pain. However, it is unlikely that any of these conditions or treatments contributed to the abrupt loss of control in this accident.
The reason for the sudden pitch up and then descent and impact with terrain could not be determined during the investigation.
Probable Cause: The loss of aircraft control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=556XT
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Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2016 09:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jul-2016 15:44 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2017 23:31 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 22-Apr-2018 19:29 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 22-Apr-2018 19:49 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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