20010615019139A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Bowie, TX · June 15, 2001

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Date: June 15, 2001 · 14:45 local
Place: Bowie, TX
Airport: Bowie Municipal Airport
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: NONE

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What happened

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(-23) On June 15, 2001, at approximately 1445 UTC, a homebuilt gyrocopter, with no registration or airworthiness certificates, owned by robert r. favor of privacy data omitted , crashed while in a downwind traffic pattern during a personal flight. VFR conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot received fatal injuries. The pilot holds no pilot certificates. The flight originated at Bowie Municipal Airport, Texas, on June 15, 2001, at 1400 UTC.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 15, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 UTC, A HOMEBUILT GYROCOPTER, WITH NO REGISTRATION OR AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATES, OWNED BY ROBERT R. FAVOR OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , CRASHED WHILE IN A DOWNWIND TRAFFIC PATTERN DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS NO PILOT CERTIFICATES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOWIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ON JUNE 15, 2001, AT 1400 UTC.