# Incident 19960507017569I: Airspc 18AIRSPC, Paducah, KY, May 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Airport: Farrington Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0709° N, 88.6445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paducah, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0709&lon=-88.6445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6155S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6155S-2006-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air & Space America 18A (registry code 0440104, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-space-america-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRSPC 18AIRSPC
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960507017569I

## Narrative

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

*ON 05-07-96, AN AIR & SPACE, MODEL GYROPLANE 18-A, N6155S, BEING OPERATED BY MR. JOHN POTTER AT FARRINGTON AIRPARK, PADUCAH, KY TIPPED OVER ON TAKE OFF. *THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT'S RUDDER CABLES WERE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT DURING A ROUTINE FLIGHT CHECK, AT THE INSTANT OF TAKEOFF, VEERING TO THE LEFT, ABRUPTLY ENDING THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 22, IN THE SOD, AND TIPPED OVER.  *THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR, LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR AND ROTOR BLADES.  *THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING FOLLOWED FOR POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE FAR'S AND FILING OF THE REPORT CLOSES THIS PORTION OF THE INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N6155S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030519010809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030519010809A), May 19, 2003: Airspc 18AAIRSPC (N6155S), South Shore, SD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 18, 2003, student pilot Dr. John t. barr departed marion Kansas with his gyro plane. He arrived at sioux falls, SD (fsd) at approximately 1145 pm.…
- [Accident 19830827044499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827044499A), Aug 27, 1983: Airspc 18AAIRSPC (N6155S), Murray, KY, Substantial damage. Unable to sustain flight on a climbing turnout. Settled into trees. Ambient conditions such as 100 degrees a factor

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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