# Accident 20070428005959A: Mcdona J4B2, Olivehurst, CA, April 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Olivehurst, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0795° N, 121.5567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olivehurst, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0795&lon=-121.5567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N445SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445SM-2009-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonald Stanley J J4B-2 (registry code 05620XI, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonald-stanley-j-j4b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONA J4B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428005959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APRIL 29, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HRS. OFF DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DRIVING HIS PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 70 NORTH OF OLIVEHURST EXIT, OLIVEHURST, CA. HE OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HELICOPTER (BARNETT J4B-2 GYROCOPTER) IN THE AIR. HE CONTINUED TO OBSERVE THE GYROCOPTER WHEN HE "NOTICED SOMETHING FLY OFF OF IT." THEN THE GYROCOPTER BEGAN A DOWNWARD NOSE DIVE TOWARDS THE GROUND. ITS TRAJECTORY RESULTED IN A COLLIDING THROUGH A GROUPING OF EUCALYPTUS TREES THAT PARALLEL HIGHWAY 70. THE GYROCOPTER WAS DISMANTLED BY PENETRATING THROUGH THE TREES AND THEN VIOLENTLY IMPACTING ROADWAY ON THE RIGHTSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. FATAL INJURIES WERE SUFFERED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND WHO WAS STILL SAFETY BELTED IN THE COCKPIT.

## 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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