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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Thomas Wild AVID MARK IV · York, SC · July 15, 2019

Date
July 15, 2019 · 13:30 local
Place
York, SC
Airport
Filbert
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N987TW
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA416
Reported as
Thomas Wild Avid Mark IV
Reported engine
ROTAX 582SER
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total42 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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.

N987TW was taking off from a grass strip and during climb out the aircraft stalled and veered left and crashed in a cornfield adjacent to the grass strip.

As the FAA filed it

N987TW WAS TAKING OFF FROM A GRASS STRIP AND DURING CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND VEERED LEFT AND CRASHED IN A CORNFIELD ADJACENT TO THE GRASS STRIP.

NTSB investigation

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