# NTSB Accident DEN02FA076
> **Wheeler Doug 2000** · 2002-07-17 · Ogden, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN02FA076
- **Event ID:** 20020730X01251
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-17
- **Location:** Ogden, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.195835, -112.012222
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Wheeler
- **Model:** Doug 2000
- **Registration:** N2058T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to obtain and maintain adequate main rotor rpm, resulting in blade flapping and subsequent blade contact with the airframe, severing of the tailboom, and causing loss of aircraft control. Contributing factors were the high gusty winds, and the pilot's lack of proper certification.

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