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Aviation accident GAA18CA129
MINR · ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 · 2018-02-13 · Wadsworth, TX, USA
Event
- NTSB number
GAA18CA129- Event ID
20180214X44852- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2018-02-13
- Location
- Wadsworth, TX, USA
- Coordinates
- 28.781665, -95.930274
Injuries
- Highest injury
- MINR
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 1
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 2
Aircraft
- Make
- ROBINSON HELICOPTER
- Model
- R22
- Registration
- N843SH
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The passenger’s gun becoming lodged in the flight controls during takeoff and his failure to remove it, which resulted in impact with terrain.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown