# NTSB Accident SEA99LA129
> **VANEK SPORT COPTER** · 1999-07-24 · SCAPPOOSE, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA99LA129
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19383
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-07-24
- **Location:** SCAPPOOSE, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.800697, -122.969291
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** VANEK
- **Model:** SPORT COPTER
- **Registration:** N61887
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the ultralight operator to see and avoid the landing gyroplane, and the gyroplane pilot's inability to see the departing ultralight vehicle.

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