# NTSB Accident DEN08CA001
> **Degelia Rotor Flight Dynamic** · 2007-10-02 · Ashland, KY, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN08CA001
- **Event ID:** 20071102X01704
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-10-02
- **Location:** Ashland, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.554443, -82.733612
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Degelia
- **Model:** Rotor Flight Dynamic
- **Registration:** N444PD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing flare resulting in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind and the pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing.

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