# Accident 20131116022349A: Pearson Jon M DRAGONFLY, Anahuac, TX, November 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2013, 13:15 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Airport: Chambers County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7594° N, 94.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7594&lon=-94.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N975DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N975DF-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pearson Jon M DRAGONFLY (registry code 056278C, https://openairdocs.org/model/pearson-jon-m-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PEARSON JON M DRAGONFLY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 835 total, 738 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131116022349A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 16, 2013 AROUND 1315 CST, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT GYROPLANE, N975DF, IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST SOUTH OF CHAMBERS COUNTY AIRPORT (T00), IN ANAHUAC, TEXAS. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. WITNESSES STATE THAT THEY SAW THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD DEPART THE AIRCRAFT IN-FLIGHT, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN14LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA056), Nov 16, 2013: Pearson Jon M Dragonfly (N975DF), Anahuac, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The incorrect installation by the pilot, who was not a certificated mechanic or repairman, of the main rotor head bearing block, which resulted in the in-flight separation of the rotor head.

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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