NTSB Identification: CHI84LA288.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 24552.
Accident occurred Wednesday, July 11, 1984 in CAMBRIDGE, WI
Aircraft: ROTORWAY EXECUTIVE, registration: N2993P
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE FIXED WING PLT WHO WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO FLY ROTORCRAFT TRIED TO HOVER HIS HOMEBUILT ACFT. AFTER FAILING THE 1ST TIMEHE TRIED AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE ACFT ROLLED OVER AND BURNED. THE PLT SAID THE ROLL OVER OCCURRED SO FAST HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ACT.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FLIGHT CONTROLS..IMPROPER USE OF..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE IN KIND OF AIRCRAFT..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
INADEQUATE INITIAL TRAINING..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE..PILOT IN COMMAND
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