# Accident 19851109076189A: Dunnellon, FL, November 9, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1985, 12:30 local time
- Place: Dunnellon, FL
- Airport: Dunnellon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0618° N, 82.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0618&lon=-82.3766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851109076189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON DOWNWIND ROTOR BLADES TILTED BACK AND FORTH.  PART FELL FROM AIRCRAFT AND IT FELL TO GROUND.  MAST HAD FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA86FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA027), Nov 9, 1985: Parsons B/P Gyrocopter (N54WP), Dunnellon, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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