19990603006269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Caddo Mills, TX · June 3, 1999

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Date: June 3, 1999 · 12:48 local
Place: Caddo Mills, TX
Airport: Caddo Mills Municipal Airport
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

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

1 Fatal when N94WY crashed in inbound traffic pattern. Aircraft nose dived into ground. Witnesses reported copter just fell out of sky. No ground damage. (-23) pilot lost control of the gyro copter while turning on to the base leg of the landing traffic pattern, the vehicle nose dived into the ground from approximately 200 feet AGL.

As the FAA filed it

1 FATAL WHEN N94WY CRASHED IN INBOUND TRAFFIC PATTERN. AIRCRAFT NOSE DIVED INTO GROUND. WITNESSES REPORTED COPTER JUST FELL OUT OF SKY. NO GROUND DAMAGE. (-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE GYRO COPTER WHILE TURNING ON TO THE BASE LEG OF THE LANDING TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE VEHICLE NOSE DIVED INTO THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL.