Accident · 1990-01-11

NTSB case SEA90LA035 · STANGER AIRCOMMANDER 532 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-01-11
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: STANGER AIRCOMMANDER 532 (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

FAILUE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE GYROCOPTER AFTER ENTERING AN ABRUPT PULL-UP FROM A LOW PASS. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES, HIS LACK OF CERTIFICATION (QUALIFICATION) FOR THIS FLIGHT, AND HIS LACK OF FLYING EXPERIENCE.

Source: NTSB case SEA90LA035

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.

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