# Incident 19990127000789I: Amtr AIRCMDRAC503, Centre Hall, PA, January 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1999, 17:20 local time
- Place: Centre Hall, PA
- Airport: Centre Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8398° N, 77.6805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8398&lon=-77.6805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52910, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52910-1999-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grove Robert I AIR COMMAND (registry code 05624SY, https://openairdocs.org/model/grove-robert-i-air-command) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AIRCMDRAC503
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 940 total, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990127000789I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIMENTAL AIR COMMAND GYROCOPTER CRASHED INTO A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES 1/2 MILE NW OF CENTRE AIRPARK.(-5) THE GYROPLANE TOOK OFF AND FLEW AROUND A WITNESS'S HOUSE. IT THEN HEADED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST, AND COLLIDED WITH A NEARBY POWER LINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED WAS BEING BLINDED BY THE SUN.

## 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 NYC99LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA053), Jan 27, 1999: Grove AIR Command (N52910), Centre Hall, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a power line. A factor was the sunglare.

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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