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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr 0570101 · Adelanto, CA · November 4, 1973

Date
November 4, 1973
Place
Adelanto, CA
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4386
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX74FUG22
Reported as
Amtr 0570101
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rotor blades deflected into vert tail & pusher prop during severe porpoise maneuver of gyrocopter

As the FAA filed it

ROTOR BLADES DEFLECTED INTO VERT TAIL & PUSHER PROP DURING SEVERE PORPOISE MANEUVER OF GYROCOPTER

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.