# Accident 20100530039799A: Aveko Sro VL-3 LSA, Boyd, TX, May 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Boyd, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0805° N, 97.5602° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0805&lon=-97.5602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801GB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801GB-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aveko Sro VL-3 LSA (registry code 0600049, https://openairdocs.org/model/aveko-sro-vl-3-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL2 (registry code 55574, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVEKO SRO VL-3 LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100530039799A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/30/2010 AT 09:30, AN AVEKO SRO LIGHT SPORT N801GB OPERATED BY DENNIS GARTMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO TREES NEAR BOYD, TX WHILE PERFORMING STALL MANEUVERS ON A VFR FLIGHT WITH IMC WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILING. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACK. THE STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND CARE FLIGHTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE PILOT HOLD A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORINGINATED FROM STEVENVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS.

## 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 CEN10FA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA277), May 30, 2010: Aveko Sro VL-3 LSA (N801GB), Boyd, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: ***This report was modified on November 15, 2012. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report with revisions shown.*** The pilots’ failure to avoid and recover from the…

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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