# Accident 19990530005969A: Poskus David D REVELATION, Latrobe, PA, May 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1999, 09:49 local time
- Place: Latrobe, PA
- Airport: Westmoreland County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3092° N, 79.3795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3092&lon=-79.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2DF-2002-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Poskus David D REVELATION (registry code 056067C, https://openairdocs.org/model/poskus-david-d-revelation) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990530005969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXPERIMENTAL ACFT DEPARTED RWY 21 AND CRASHED INTO A HILL, LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED, 1 FATALITY. (-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 21 AT LATROBE AIRPORT.  AFTER LIFTOFF, AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP BANK TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED INTO THE HILLSIDE.  PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD99LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA046), May 30, 1999: Poskus Revelation (N2DF), Latrobe, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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