# Accident 20100808040779A: Hoac-Austri HK 36R SUPE, Bend, OR, August 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2010, 09:58 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0886° N, 121.1961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0886&lon=-121.1961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40440, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40440-2011-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoac-Austria HK 36R SUPER DIMONA (registry code 4170002, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoac-austria-hk-36r-super-dimona) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOAC-AUSTRI HK 36R SUPE
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA388) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100808040779A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATEMENTS TO SHERIFF DEPUTY INDICATED AIRCRAFT JUST DEPARTED BEND AIRPORT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AND TURNED BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK LARGE BUILDING ON SOUTHEAST CORNER OF AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR10FA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA388), Aug 8, 2010: Diamond HK36 (N40440), Bend, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An condition, which could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation, that prompted the…

## Other reports on N40440 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040523014509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040523014509I), May 23, 2004: Hoacau HK36R (N40440), Camarillo, CA. (-23) At about 1138 hours PDT on Sunday, may 28, 2004, at Camarillo Airport (cma), Camarillo, CA, the pilot-in-command, miroslav liska, a private pilot, made a…

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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