43.5730° N, 71.4178° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 16, 2001 · 11:30 local
Place
Laconia, NH
Airport
Laconia Municipal Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Dominator
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) According to witnesses, the pilot was only practicing a high speed taxi on a closed runway at the Laconia airport. During these tests, the gyro-copter became airborne, turned downwind at low altitude, pilot lost control in steep bank and crashed into swamp.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE PILOT WAS ONLY PRACTICING A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON A CLOSED RUNWAY AT THE LACONIA AIRPORT. DURING THESE TESTS, THE GYRO-COPTER BECAME AIRBORNE, TURNED DOWNWIND AT LOW ALTITUDE, PILOT LOST CONTROL IN STEEP BANK AND CRASHED INTO SWAMP.