# Accident 19881202052449A: Amtr JHCGYRO, Petaluma, CA, December 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1988, 12:16 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2097° N, 122.7597° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2097&lon=-122.7597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58EE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR JHCGYRO
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 2 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89DVD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881202052449A

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLIGHT WAS HIT BY WIND GUST ON CLIMBOUT ROLLED INVERTED AND CRASHED. NOT GYROPLANE RATED.

## 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 LAX89DVD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD01), Dec 2, 1988: Hitchcock JH-1 (N58EE), Petaluma, CA, destroyed, 1 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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