# Accident 20020424007439A: Amtr KB3, Adelanto, CA, April 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2002, 08:45 local time
- Place: Adelanto, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5828° N, 117.4092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Adelanto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5828&lon=-117.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KB3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424007439A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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