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Aviation accident DFW05CA120
NONE · Mayfield Sparrowhawk · 2005-05-14 · Hondo, TX, USA
Event
- NTSB number
DFW05CA120- Event ID
20050622X00834- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2005-05-14
- Location
- Hondo, TX, USA
- Coordinates
- 29.356666, -99.326667
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- Mayfield
- Model
- Sparrowhawk
- Registration
- N8023Y
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the gyrocraft during takeoff. A contributing factor was the failure of the pre-rotator cable.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown