# Accident 20100920045919A: Cosmos PHASE II, El Mirage, CA, September 20, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2010, 07:41 local time
- Place: El Mirage, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6303° N, 117.6194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6303&lon=-117.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56078, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56078-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cosmos PHASE II (registry code 059003U, https://openairdocs.org/model/cosmos-phase-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSMOS PHASE II
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA462) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100920045919A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON DIRT STRIP APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF EL MIRAGE FIELD, CA.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PERPENDICULAR TO DIRT STRIP RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 0741 HOURS AND IMPACTED SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY 330 FEET FROM STARTING POINT.  AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND PERISHED MINUTES LATER.

## 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 WPR10LA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA462), Sep 20, 2010: Cosmos Phase II (N56078), El Mirage, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight and starting procedures, which resulted in an inadvertent takeoff with the gust lock still installed.

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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