19880717030249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · Palmer, AK · July 17, 1988

Date
July 17, 1988 · 19:45 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Palmer Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1925
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC88DAG06
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20 total10 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Student on first solo overcontrolled and landed hard. Tailwheel struck first, damaging rotor blades on the gyroplane

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO OVERCONTROLLED AND LANDED HARD.TAILWHEEL STRUCK FIRST, DAMAGING ROTOR BLADES ON THE GYROPLANE

NTSB investigation

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