ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227036
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| Date: | Thursday 11 July 2019 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | SilverLight American Ranger AR-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N14968 |
| MSN: | 0027 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2018 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hawley Municipal Airport (04Y), Hawley, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hawley, MN (04Y) |
| Hawley, MN (04Y) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the gyroplane departed on a local personal flight in visual meteorological conditions at an unknown time. Several witnesses saw the gyroplane descending straight down and impacting the ground near the departure airport. All major components of the aircraft were located at the accident site. No preimpact anomalies were noted with the gyroplane. The pilot had built the gyroplane from a kit about a year before the accident. As best as could be determined from his flight records, the pilot had received about 36 hours of flight instruction in the gyroplane. Autopsy and toxicology testing of the pilot revealed no evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation, and the reason for the gyroplane's descent and impact with terrain could not be determined.
Probable Cause: An in-flight loss of control and collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=14968
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2019 19:46 | Geno | Added |
| 12-Jul-2019 14:31 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 24-Jul-2019 13:35 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 22-May-2020 09:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, Accident report, ] |
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