# Accident 20000718037419A: Hess William C RH-1 FALCON, New Castle, IN, July 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2000, 19:45 local time
- Place: New Castle, IN
- Airport: New Castle-Henry Co Municipal Ar
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9193° N, 85.3591° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9193&lon=-85.3591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7242H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7242H-2000-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hess William C RH-1 FALCON (registry code 05604I9, https://openairdocs.org/model/hess-william-c-rh-1-falcon) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000718037419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/18/00, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 EST, AN EXPERIMENTAL WILLIAM C. HESS RH-1 FALCON, N7242H, OWNED BY WILLIAM C. HESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF ON A 14 CFR 91, PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE PILOT HELD A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NEW CASTLE HENRY COUNTY (UWL) AIRPORT ON 07/18/2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 EST.

## 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 CHI00LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA212), Jul 18, 2000: Hess RH-1 Falcon (N7242H), New Castle, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: aircraft control not attained by the pilot.

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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