# Grooms Walter SPARROWHAWK

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05621KW
- Manufacturer (registry): GROOMS WALTER
- Model: SPARROWHAWK
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/grooms-walter-sparrowhawk

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN16LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA031), Nov 4, 2015: American Autogyro Sparrowhawk (N80825), Wakeman, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power/performance for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20151104022729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151104022729A), Nov 4, 2015: Grooms Walter SPARROWHAWK (N80825), Florence Townsh, OH, Destroyed. Aircraft took off and the engine was not putting out enough power to enable the aircraft to gain altitude to clear the trees. The pilot decided to put the…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Windward Performance SPARROW HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/windward-performance-sparrow-hawk): 5 registered aircraft, registry code 056191J
- [Cole Gregory M SPARROW HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/cole-gregory-m-sparrow-hawk): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05615JV
- [Windward Performance SPARROW HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/windward-performance-sparrow-hawk): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05901NB
- [Hocker-Denien SPARROW-HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/hocker-denien-sparrow-hawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601NG
- [Mayfield James P SPARROWHAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/mayfield-james-p-sparrowhawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056153A
- [Coplen Randy SPARROWHAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/coplen-randy-sparrowhawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056160J
- [Dressler David Scott SPARROWHAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/dressler-david-scott-sparrowhawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056173Z
- [Stiles Randall Jay SPARROW HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/stiles-randall-jay-sparrow-hawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05617II
- [Groen Brothers Avia SPARROWHAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/groen-brothers-avia-sparrowhawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056197G
- [Keiser Frank SPARROW HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/keiser-frank-sparrow-hawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05619GD
- [Loeser Gerry SPARROWHAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/loeser-gerry-sparrowhawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05619IU
- [Dyer Ronald S SPARROW HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/dyer-ronald-s-sparrow-hawk): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05619L4

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