ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239273
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| Date: | Saturday 19 November 2016 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: | North Wing Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N360XL |
| MSN: | 7940 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Daingerfield, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Daingerfield, TX (8F5) |
| Daingerfield, TX (8F5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noncertificated pilot stated that he was unfamiliar with the accident aircraft, a light sport trike; only intended to do a high-speed taxi; and had no intention to fly. He indicated that, during the taxi test, the airplane “must have experienced a gust of wind,” and the airplane lifted off, turned hard to the left, and crashed into the trees alongside the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing. The postaccident examination did not note any mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The pilot reported that he had received some flight training and had some experience flying ultralights but that the controls in the ultralights were different than the controls in the accident aircraft.
Probable Cause: The noncertificated pilot’s unfamiliarity with the aircraft, which resulted in a loss of control during an unintentional takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Aug-2020 07:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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