# Accident 20180908013289A: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce SAFARI, Highgate Center, VT, September 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2018, 13:20 local time
- Place: Highgate Center, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9336° N, 73.0944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9336&lon=-73.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N699WC-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce SAFARI (registry code 056260C, https://openairdocs.org/model/bosko-wr-bosko-ce-safari) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior XP-360 (registry code 59252, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-xp-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOSKO WR/BOSKO CE SAFARI
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR XP-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 6 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA543) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180908013289A

## Narrative

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

NTSB ACCIDENT NUMBER GAA18CA543 WITH NTSB IIC KATHRYN BENHOFF 1-202-314-6010.

ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:20 PM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N699WC A BOSKO WR/BOSKO CE SAFARI EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT ROTORCRAFT THAT CRASHED IN THE GRASS DURING HOVERING PRACTICE.  THE PIC WAS AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE AIRPORT (FSO) IN HIGHGATE, VERMONT IN VFR CONDITIONS PRACTICING HOVERING HIS NEWLY PURCHASED (APPROXIMATELY A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR) ROTORCRAFT WITH A TOTAL TIME OF 6 HOURS IN IT WHEN A GUST OF WIND MOVED N699WC IN AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION.  THE PIC TRIED TO CORRECT AND THE ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING DYNAMIC ROLLOVER ALONG WITH THE ENSUING ACCIDENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES BUT WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE ROTORCRAFT.  HE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR A MEDICAL CHECK AND RELEASED.  THE EXPERIMENTAL ROTORCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO FIRE AT THE SITE.

THE VERMONT STATE POLICE PROVIDED STATEMENTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED ROTORCRAFT TO THE PORTLAND FSDO.  THE N699WC DEBRIS AREA WAS ?ROPED OFF? AND LATER RELEASED THE NEXT DAY BY THE NTSB IIC TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE ROTORCRAFT.  HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL WHEN THE N699WC WAS STRUCK BY THE GUST OF WIND AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER BEFORE STRIKING THE GRASS FIELD ADJACENT TO FSO AIRPORT RUNWAY AND FENCED PROPERTY LINE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS RECEIVED COUNSELING AND OBTAIN INSTRUCTION BEFORE FLYING SOLO AGAIN WHICH INCLUDES ANOTHER CFI SIGNOFF.

## 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 GAA18CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA543), Sep 8, 2018: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce Safari (N699WC), Highgate, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control during a hover.

## Other reports on N699WC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170521020619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170521020619I), May 21, 2017: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce SAFARI (N699WC), Kinderhook, NY, No damage. On 05/26/2017 the albany flight standards district office investigated an incident that occurred on 05/21/2017. N699WC an experimental rotorcraft model: Safari…

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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