Accident · 2001-06-16

NTSB case IAD01LA078 · Patalivo Dominator · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2001-06-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Patalivo Dominator (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The non-certificated pilot's inability to maintain control of the gyrocopter after inadvertently allowing it to become airborne. A factor was the pilot's lack of flight experience.

Source: NTSB case IAD01LA078

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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