# Accident 20130906018489A: Tyler Ives SD-1 TG, Spanish Fork, UT, September 6, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2013, 08:09 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork-Springville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1425° N, 111.6853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1425&lon=-111.6853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123SD-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tyler Ives SD-1 TG (registry code 05632IC, https://openairdocs.org/model/tyler-ives-sd-1-tg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Hirth F-23 (registry code 33721, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hirth-f-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TYLER IVES SD-1 TG
- Reported engine: HIRTH F-23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA399) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130906018489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A TEST FLIGHT.  IT APPEARS THAT AT SOME POINT HE DECIDED TO ROLL THE AIRCRAFT, IT IS BELIEVED INTENTIONALLY.  HE AGAIN ROLLED THE AIRCRAFT AND IN THE SECOND ROLL LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE PULLED AN EMERGENCY PARACHUTE WHICH FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A STEEP ANGLE.  PILOT DECEASED UPON IMPACT.

## 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 WPR13FA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA399), Sep 6, 2013: Tyler Ives SD-1 TG (N123SD), Spanish Fork, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while performing prohibited aerobatic maneuvers and the deployment and separation of the ballistic parachute system from the airframe for reasons that…

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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