# Accident 20171008011519A: Aero Vodochody L39C, Vernon, TX, October 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2017, 12:57 local time
- Place: Vernon, TX
- Airport: Wilbarger County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2117° N, 99.2892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2117&lon=-99.2892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N580LL-2017-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AI-25TL (registry code 34703, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-ai-25tl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L39C
- Reported engine: TURBINE AIR GENERATOR A1-25TL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,124 total, 100 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171008011519A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 8, 2017, N580LL, AN AERO VODOCHODY L39C, CRASHED IN A FIELD AND CONSUMED BY POST IMPACT FIRE, APPROXIMATELY A 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF WILBARGER COUNTY AIRPORT (F05) IN VERNON, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOUL PERSON ON BOARD.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WILBARGER COUNTY AIRPORT (F05), VERNON, TEXAS ON OCTOBER 8, 2017 AT 11:53 AM CDT.

## 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 CEN18FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA004), Oct 8, 2017: Aero Vodochody L39C (N580LL), Vernon, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight loss of control and collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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