ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43617
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| Date: | Saturday 19 January 2008 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: | Air Création Clipper |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N614LF |
| MSN: | 1998FR |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1936 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Green Valley, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Green Valley, AZ (14AZ) |
| Green Valley, AZ (14AZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and his new student pilot departed in the student's experimental weight-shift-control aircraft (trike) for a local area instructional flight on a day with calm winds. No witnesses reported observing the trike after it took off, and the trike's route of flight was not determined. The trike impacted the desert in a nose-down attitude, without disturbing surrounding vegetation. The preimpact integrity of the trike's flight control system was confirmed, with no evidence of incorrect assembly. No evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunction was found with the engine or propeller assembly. No evidence of ethanol or drugs was found in either pilot. Autopsies revealed that both pilots sustained injuries consistent with a rapid-deceleration-type impact. The reason for the trike's departure from controlled flight and uncontrolled descent was not determined.
Probable Cause: An in-flight loss of control and an uncontrolled descent into terrain for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 09:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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