- Date
- August 22, 2026, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brenham, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N987AGRotorsport UK Rotorsport UK Cavalo
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203691
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
- N987AG
- Reported as
- Rotorsport UK Rotorsport UK Cavalo
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Serial number
- RSUK-V00560
- Built
- 2023
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 11R
N987AGRegistered now · Rotorsport UK ROTORSPORT UK CAVALOAirframe modelRotorsport UK ROTORSPORT UK CAVALOEngine modelRotax 915 IS series
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
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KTME, 13 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KTME 221835Z AUTO 33004KT 9SM CLR 37/21 A3005 RMK AO2