# Accident 20180821011959A: Evolution Trikes REVO, Hawthorne, CA, August 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2018, 12:45 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9228° N, 118.3336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9228&lon=-118.3336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N145PT-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evolution Trikes REVO (registry code 060007Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/evolution-trikes-revo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVOLUTION TRIKES REVO
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 352 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA499) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180821011959A

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (PDT), AN EVOLUTION TRIKES REVO WITH ROTAX ENGINE REGISTERED N145PT AND OPERATED BY PACIFIC BLUE DEPARTED AND RETURNING TO HAWTHORNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HHR) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 IN CITY OF HAWTHORNE, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 PM AIRCRAFT N145PT PILOT EXPERIENCE CROSS WIND AT AROUND 10-15 FEET AND LOST THE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA18CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA499), Aug 21, 2018: Evolution Trikes Revo (N145PT), Hawthorne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain lateral control of the weight-shift-controlled aircraft during the landing flare.

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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