# Incident 19970322008099I: Amtr NIEUPORT1, Coalinga, CA, March 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1997, 08:00 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Coalinga Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1402° N, 120.3520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalinga, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1402&lon=-120.3520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6934Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6934Z-2000-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Newport Wayne NIEUPORT 1 (registry code 05604GY, https://openairdocs.org/model/newport-wayne-nieuport-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR NIEUPORT1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970322008099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 PST, N6934Z, AN AMATEUR BUILT NIEUPORT 1 GYROCOPTER BEGAN HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTS ON THE RUNWAY OF THE "NEW" COALINGA AIRPORT (C80), COALINGA, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INTENTIONALLY ATTEMPTING TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BUT TO MAKE THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS DURING FAST SPEED TAXI TESTS. DURING HIS LAST FAST TAXI TEST, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A BRIEF GUST OF WIND WHICH ALLOWED THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND BASICALLY DISINTEGRATE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. WEATHER WAS CLEAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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