# Accident 20010429009799A: Cartercopters CARTERCOPTER, Olney, TX, April 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Olney, TX
- Airport: Olney Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 33.3599° N, 98.7503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3599&lon=-98.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cartercopters CARTERCOPTER (registry code 05606CO, https://openairdocs.org/model/cartercopters-cartercopter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010429009799A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 04/29/2001, A CARTERCOPTER EXPERIMENTAL GYROCRAFT, WAS CONDUCTING A TEST FLIGHT OVER FLIGHT OVER RUNWAY 17 AT OLNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OLNEY, TEXAS, AND OBTAINED APPROXIMATELY 2-3 FEET ALTITUDE. DURING THE SHORT FLIGHT AND LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DUG INTO SOFT DIRT.  THE GYROCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE GROUND AND STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.  THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND TEST ENGINEER OBSERVER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE LOCAL TEST FLIGHT BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CENTRAL DATLIGHT TIME.

## 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 FTW01LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA108), Apr 29, 2001: Cartercopters Cartercopter (N121CC), Olney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff initial climb. Contributory factors were the pilot's lack of experience with the aircraft and the soft terrain.

## Other reports on N121CC (6)

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

- [Accident 20050617014759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617014759A), Jun 17, 2005: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Destroyed. (-23) During taxi PIC engaged pre-rotor and the aircraft became uncontrollable.
- [Accident 20030408004539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030408004539A), Apr 8, 2003: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 8, 2003, at 1545 local time, a Cartercopter gyroplane, N121CC, owned and operated by Cartercopter LLC, of wichita falls Texas, sustained…
- [Incident 20011028033149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011028033149I), Oct 28, 2001: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Minor damage. (-23) This operation involved a taxi test without the intent to fly an experimental carter copter, inc., gyrocopter, N121CC, in pre-flight development. During…
- [Accident 20010325007189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010325007189A), Mar 25, 2001: N121CC, Olney, TX, No damage. (-23)On 3/25/2001, at 1135 am CDT, a gyrocopter, N121CC, owned by cartercopters LLC, 5720 seymour way, wichita falls, Texas 76310 lost dirctional control…
- [Accident 20001213027729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001213027729A), Dec 13, 2000: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 13, 2000, at 1700 CST, a Cartercopter, N121CC, owned by Cartercopter LLC. Overshot the end of the runway after landing on a test flight.…
- [Accident 19991216036969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991216036969A), Dec 16, 1999: N121CC, Olney, TX, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 16, 1999, at 1045 central standard time, a cartercopters cartercopter gyroplane, N121CC, registered to and operated by cartercopters LLC of…

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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