ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243623
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| Date: | Sunday 4 October 2020 |
| Time: | 09:35 |
| Type: | Evolution Trikes Revo |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N449WB |
| MSN: | 000614 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1093 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912iS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Adjacent Hawthorne Airport (HHR/KHHR), Hawthorne, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hawthorne Airport, CA (HHR/KHHR) |
| Hawthorne Airport, CA (HHR/KHHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On October 4, 2020, about 0935 Pacific daylight time, an Evolution Revo weight-shift-control light sport aircraft (commonly referred to as a trike), N449WB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR) Hawthorne, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot was departing on a personal flight in a light sport aircraft. Shortly after departing from the runway, the aircraft veered to the right and then banked to the right to clear a fence, after which the aircraft descended and struck a tree and a culvert wall. The engine was running throughout the flight.
Postaccident examination revealed no evidence of preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Recorded engine data indicated that the engine was producing power at the time of the accident
Although the pilot’s experience in the light sport aircraft could not be established, a witness reported that, after a previous takeoff “a couple of years" before the accident, the pilot had incorrectly steered the aircraft toward the airport tower before recognizing the error and correcting the aircraft’s flightpath. The same witness also reported that departing aircraft typically make a left bank—rather than a right bank—after takeoff. Thus, during the accident takeoff, the pilot likely manipulated the steering controls incorrectly, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent impact with the tree and culvert.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/10/04/1-dead-after-ultra-light-crashes-near-hawthorne-airport/
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2020 20:44 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Oct-2020 21:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2020 16:00 | harro | Updated [Registration, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 05-Oct-2020 16:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2020 20:23 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
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