20020424007439A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Amtr KB3 · Adelanto, CA · April 24, 2002

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Date: April 24, 2002 · 08:45 local
Place: Adelanto, CA
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr KB3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

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(-23) Reports indicated that the victim was flying his single engine, single seat gyrocopter level at approximately 150 feet AGL when the aircraft assumed an estimated 75 degree nose down attitude and plunged toward the ground. The aircraft impacted the hard packed surface of the dry lake bed killing the victim and destroying the aircraft. The individual flying the aircraft had no pilot certificate and there is no evidence to substantiate that the aircraft was type certified or registered.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE VICTIM WAS FLYING HIS SINGLE ENGINE, SINGLE SEAT GYROCOPTER LEVEL AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ASSUMED AN ESTIMATED 75 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND PLUNGED TOWARD THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE HARD PACKED SURFACE OF THE DRY LAKE BED KILLING THE VICTIM AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE INDIVIDUAL FLYING THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO PILOT CERTIFICATE AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TYPE CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED.