Accident · 1993-05-02

NTSB case BFO93LA068 · LEVECK VANCRAFT · Part 103

What the record says

Event date: 1993-05-02
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: LEVECK VANCRAFT (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 103
Operator: JACK LEVECK Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): JACK LEVECK

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ROTOR RPM, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE FLYING THE GYROPLANE WITH A BODY ENCLOSURE.

Source: NTSB case BFO93LA068

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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