Accident · 2003-07-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-07-05
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Aerotrike DPS (NUNREG)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Gary M. Kerr Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Gary P. Kehm
Probable cause
The non-certificated pilot selected unsuitable terrain for takeoff when he departed from a bean field, and the airplane stalled as a result of low airspeed during takeoff climb. Factors to the accident included the pilot's total lack of experience, the pilot's poor judgement, the bean field, and the trees.
Source: NTSB case CHI03LA203Flight 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.