ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308524
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| Date: | Saturday 7 August 2021 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  RAF 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | UNREG |
| MSN: | H2-99-10-436 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Subaru EJ-22 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anahuac, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Anahuac, TX |
| Anahuac, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had just installed a new trim system in the gyroplane and intended to complete a maintenance test flight. During the test flight, the pilot tried to adjust the trim, but nothing happened. The pilot actuated the trim switch again, and the gyroplane pitched up violently. The pilot attempted to override the trim switch but was unable to do so, and the gyroplane rapidly descended from 50 ft to ground impact.
The pilot reported after the accident that a trim limit switch was not installed and that the trim system maintenance was probably done incorrectly. Thus, given the available evidence for this investigation, the pilot's incorrect trim system maintenance likely caused the malfunction during flight and led to the pilot's loss of gyroplane control.
Probable Cause: The pilot's incorrect trim system installation, which resulted in a loss of gyroplane control and impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN21LA363
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 March 2012 | N9012R | Private | 0 | Chambers County Airport - T00, Anahuac, TX | |
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