# NTSB Accident LAX04LA132
> **Gillespie Sport Copter Vortex** · 2004-02-21 · Yuba City, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX04LA132
- **Event ID:** 20040223X00221
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-02-21
- **Location:** Yuba City, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.123611, -121.605278
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Gillespie
- **Model:** Sport Copter Vortex
- **Registration:** N96XV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

a loss of engine power due to the incorrect installation of the fuel line, which resulted in fuel starvation, and the pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM, which resulted in an inflight loss of control.  A factor to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience flying gyrocopters.

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