# Root Byron L SHERPA

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05623QX
- Manufacturer (registry): ROOT BYRON L
- Model: SHERPA
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 6
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/root-byron-l-sherpa

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 (1)

- [N1415B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1415B): [Caneel Enterprise LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CANEEL%20ENTERPRISE%20LLC), [Nibley, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Nibley), built 1993, S/N 0012

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 LAX07LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA280), Sep 18, 2007: Root Sherpa (N1415B), Scappoose, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft pitch control due to the fatigue failure of the fuselage tube structure at the flight control stick gimbal mechanism due to an incomplete weld penetration at the root of the weld.
- [NTSB SEA00LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA145), Jul 28, 2000: Root Sherpa (N1415B), Helena, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20070917020859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070917020859A), Sep 17, 2007: Amtr ROOTSHERPA (N1415B), Scappoose, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was in process possibly buying this experimental aircraft, sherpa by name, manufactured by [privacy data omitted] in…
- [Accident 20000727005099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727005099A), Jul 27, 2000: N1415B, Helena, MT, No damage. (-23) PIC stated at stall speed, he bounced on tundra times then dropped on ewing on aircraft and spun around on the ashalt. Hot temperature-wind not a factor…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Lucid Bots SHERPA](https://openairdocs.org/model/lucid-bots-sherpa): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 06102MU
- [Gordon Wesley A SHERPA](https://openairdocs.org/model/gordon-wesley-a-sherpa): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05632UU

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