Tukan TRIKE UNREG

Summary

On 27 August 2017 at about 17:30 local time, a Tukan TRIKE registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 August 2017 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

37.8842, -84.6081

Aircraft

Tukan TRIKE

Registration

UNREG

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nicholasville → Nicholasville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA17LA297

1 person died.

The noncertificated pilot's failure to maintain control of the weight-shift-control aircraft during takeoff.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The noncertificated pilot was performing his first flight in the unregistered amateur-built weight-shift control light sport aircraft, which he purchased several months before the accident. During the takeoff, about 20 ft above the ground, the aircraft veered left and impacted a dumpster. It could not be determined whether the pilot obtained any instruction in the operation of the aircraft before the flight. Postmortem examination and toxicology testing detected the non-impairing metabolite of marijuana, THC-COOH, in blood, but the impairing compound, tetrahydrocannabinol, was not detected. It is likely that the pilot used marijuana at some time before the accident; however, it is unlikely that the effects of marijuana were impairing or contributed to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.