# Accident 20180121000069A: Loxahatchee, FL, January 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2018, 15:45 local time
- Place: Loxahatchee, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 1 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180121000069A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING AN EXPERINMENTAL HELICOPTER (MOSQUITO)THAT WAS AMUERTUER BUILT IN HIS BACKYARD WITHOUT PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THE MOSQUITO.

THIS HELICOPTER WAS NOT CERTIFICATED BY THE FAA NOR DID IT HAVE AN "N" NUMBER

UPON LIFT OFF FROM HIS BACKYARD, AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF YAW DEVELOPED WITH AN INCREASE IN ALTITUDE TO ABOUT 80 FEET.  THE HELICOPTER ASCENDED RAPIDLY AND DESCENDED RAPIDLY.  THE HELICOPTER LANDED UN AN UNEVEN SURFACE AND ROLLED LEFT, COMING TO REST DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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