ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213580
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 2017 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: | Tukan Trike |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | Unreg |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Rotax 447 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nicholasville, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nicholasville, KY |
| Nicholasville, KY | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noncertificated pilot was performing his first flight in the unregistered amateur-built weight-shift control light sport aircraft, which he purchased several months before the accident. During the takeoff, about 20 ft above the ground, the aircraft veered left and impacted a dumpster. It could not be determined whether the pilot obtained any instruction in the operation of the aircraft before the flight.
Postmortem examination and toxicology testing detected the non-impairing metabolite of marijuana, THC-COOH, in blood, but the impairing compound, tetrahydrocannabinol, was not detected. It is likely that the pilot used marijuana at some time before the accident; however, it is unlikely that the effects of marijuana were impairing or contributed to the accident.
Probable Cause: The noncertificated pilot's failure to maintain control of the weight-shift-control aircraft during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Jul-2018 18:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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