Evolution Trikes REVO accident near Kekaha, HI
On March 11, 2014, an Evolution Trikes REVO was involved in an accident near Kekaha, HI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 11, 2014
- Place
- Kekaha, HI
- Aircraft
- Evolution Trikes REVO · WSFT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 21.966°N, 159.668°W
- NTSB ID
- 20140312X35434
Official records · WPR14FA135
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 11, 2014, about 0910 Hawaiian standard time, a special light-sport Revo Evolution Trikes weight-shift-control aircraft (trike), N98EV, impacted terrain and was consumed by fire near Kekaha, Hawaii. Birds in Paradise, LLC, owned by the accident pilot, was operating the trike under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The certified light sport instructor and student pilot sustained fatal injuries; the trike was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight. The trike departed Port Allen Airport, Hanapepe, Hawaii, about 0850, and the introductory flight was intended to take 60 minutes before returning to the airport. A second Birds in Paradise certified flight instructor (CFI) was giving instruction in another trike while flying in close proximity with the accident trike. He stated that about 0615 that morning he met up with the accident pilot at the company's facilities. They wheeled the trikes over to the staging area and greeted their student pilots shortly thereafter. After fitting the students with flight suits and helmets, the pilots gave them a briefing and departed around 0850. After departure, the accident pilot told the second pilot that he was going "on company," meaning that they would communicate to one another on the company frequency, 123.450; this was the last transmission the CFI heard from the accident pilot. Approaching the Barking Sands class D airspace, the second pilot transmitted over the company frequency that he was switching to the B
Probable cause
The pilot's reconfiguration of the fuel venting system, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent loss of aircraft control.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
