# Accident 20120914019119A: Northwing Design APACHE SPORT, Vermillion, SD, September 14, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2012, 16:15 local time
- Place: Vermillion, SD
- Airport: Harold Davidson Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7739° N, 96.9483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7739&lon=-96.9483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850GB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850GB-2017-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Northwing Design APACHE SPORT (registry code 05901DR, https://openairdocs.org/model/northwing-design-apache-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582E (registry code 55557, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTHWING DESIGN APACHE SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582E UL DCDI 99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total, 89 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA634](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA634) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120914019119A

## Narrative

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

ON ON 09/14/2012 AT 1610 A NORTHWING DESIGN, APACHE SPORT (EXPERIMENTAL TRIKE N850GB), WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT DURING TAKEOFF, CLIMB OUT, DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE PILOT HOLDS A SPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VERMILLION, SD ON 09/14/2012 AT 1610.

## 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 CEN12LA634](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA634), Sep 14, 2012: North Wing Design Apache Sport (N850GB), Vermillion, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the weight-shift-control aircraft during initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin.

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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