- Date
- April 14, 2025, 10:03 local (17:03 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9088GHy-Tek Hurricane HP
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20250414006469A
- Case key
- 200015
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On April 14, 2025, about 1003 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Hy-Tek Hurricane HP, N9088G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Elko, Nevada. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he had departed runway 06 at the Elko Regional Airport, Elko, Nevada. During the initial climb, about 100 ft above ground level, the engine lost total power. He opined that the airplane descended rapidly and collided with a metal trash receptacle. The fuselage structure was substantially damaged. About 5 gallons of light blue colored fuel were drained from the aircraft during the wreckage recovery. The wreckage was recovered to a secure area for further investigation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9088G
- Reported as
- Hy-Tek Hurricane HP
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2005
- Built
- 1998
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Airport
- EKO · Elko Rgnl, runway 06, 7,454 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.26 inHg
- Observed at
- KEKO
- METAR
- KEKO 141656Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 09/M11 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP235 T00891106
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.