# NTSB MIA93LA056: Ferran DOMINATOR-BIG ONE, N4HF, Apopka, FL, January 28, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1993, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Coordinates: 28.679586, -81.509315 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6796&lon=-81.5093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33221/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA056

## Probable cause

UNDETERMINED.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS FLYING AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT GYROPLANE IN THE DESIGNATED FLIGHT TEST AREA. WITNESSES HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND HEARD THE AIRPLANE CRASH. NO EYEWITNESSES WERE LOCATED. THE GYROPLANE WAS ALMOST CONSUMED BY FIRE AND NO DETERMINATION OF PREEXISTING FAILURES COULD BE MADE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4HF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4HF-1996-03-09), registration cancelled 1996-03-09, S/N HAF001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FERRAN DOMINATOR-BIG ONE (DOMINATOR-)
- Registry model: [Ferran Harry A DOMINATOR BIG ONE](https://openairdocs.org/model/ferran-harry-a-dominator-big-one) (registry code 13017ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: HAF OO1
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ferran, Harry A.
- Registered owner: Ferran, Harry A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Departed: X04, ORLANDO, FL
- Destination: X04

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,349 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL, 13 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930128002489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930128002489A), Jan 28, 1993: Amtr DOMINATOR, Apopka, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed during local flight. Cause undetermined.

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.

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