Mosquito XE UNREG

Summary

On 2 November 2019 at about 18:10 local time, a Mosquito XE registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Seffner, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 November 2019 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Seffner, Florida, United States

Coordinates

27.9836, -82.2756

Aircraft

Mosquito XE

Registration

UNREG

Category

Helicopter

Year built

2019

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seffner → Seffner

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA20LA037

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter while landing, which resulted in a hard landing and dynamic rollover. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of helicopter experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot, who did not hold a helicopter rating, stated that when he was trying to land his single-seat, unregistered experimental helicopter, he landed too fast and the main rotor blade flexed and struck the tail before the helicopter rolled over. The pilot's neighbor stated that the pilot purchased the helicopter about 6 months before the accident, and he would practice taking off from her property, located behind his house. She said that the helicopter landed hard and began "bouncing around" before it flipped over and crashed. The pilot reported that the helicopter had accrued 16 hours at the time of the accident and that there were no mechanical deficiencies that contributed to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.