# NTSB Accident ERA19FA134
> **HOGAN Innovator** · 2019-03-23 · Calhoun, GA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA19FA134
- **Event ID:** 20190323X91950
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-03-23
- **Location:** Calhoun, GA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.451389, -84.950836
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HOGAN
- **Model:** Innovator
- **Registration:** N257AR
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the airplane's second test flight, which resulted in a collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot allowing external pressures to guide his decision to fly the airplane when he possessed little total flight experience, no recent flight experience, and no experience in the accident airplane or similar airplane.

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