ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43225
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Date: | Sunday 13 November 1988 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Air Command 503 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | unreg. |
MSN: | O386 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sullivan, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE GYROPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. RECORDS SHOW THE PILOT HAD ONLY 6 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT TIME, WITH NO TIME IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF CONTROL SYSTEM OR POWERPLANT FAILURE. CAUSE: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X27218 Revision history:
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