19770416011979A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Schzow Modelb · Palatka, FL · April 16, 1977

Date
April 16, 1977
Place
Palatka, FL
Airport
Kay Larkin
Phase of flight
Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64613
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA77FLA26
Reported as
Schzow Modelb
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
74 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Gusts to EST 25KTS.no known instruction recd in gyrocopters.m/r struck tailboom in descent.

As the FAA filed it

GUSTS TO EST 25KTS.NO KNOWN INSTRUCTION RECD IN GYROCOPTERS.M/R STRUCK TAILBOOM IN DESCENT.

NTSB investigation

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