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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gronbach Albert W DAKOTA HAWK · Mcalpin, FL · March 26, 2019

Date
March 26, 2019 · 17:10 local
Place
Mcalpin, FL
Airport
Little River
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N30271
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA19LA138
Reported as
Gronbach Albert W Dakota Hawk
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 26, 2019, about 1710 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built fisher flying products Dakota Hawk, N30271, impacted terrain during a forced landing shortly after takeoff due to a loss of power, from Little River Airport (FL10), Mcalpin, Florida. The private pilot was uninjured, and the airplane was destroyed by a post-impact fire.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 26, 2019, ABOUT 1710 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT FISHER FLYING PRODUCTS DAKOTA HAWK, N30271, IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO A LOSS OF POWER, FROM LITTLE RIVER AIRPORT (FL10), MCALPIN, FLORIDA. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY A POST-IMPACT FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.