# Accident 20050617014759A: Amtr CARTERCOPTER, Olney, TX, June 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Olney, TX
- Airport: Olney Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3506° N, 98.7517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3506&lon=-98.7517&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)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CARTERCOPTER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617014759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXI PIC ENGAGED PRE-ROTOR AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE.

## 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 DFW05CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA163), Jun 17, 2005: CarterCopter CarterCopter (N121CC), Olney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the gyrocraft during a forced landing as a result of a loss of cyclic and collective control. Contributing factors were the sheared propeller drive pulley…

## Other reports on N121CC (6)

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

- [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 20010429009799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010429009799A), Apr 29, 2001: N121CC, Olney, TX, No damage. (-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,…
- [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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