# Accident 20070621013329A: Amtr LYNCHHELICYC, Erie, CO, June 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2007, 11:30 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0102° N, 105.0481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ERIE MUNI (EIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0102&lon=-105.0481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5XH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5XH-2009-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lynch Raymond LYNCH HELICYCLE (registry code 05621D3, https://openairdocs.org/model/lynch-raymond-lynch-helicycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LYNCHHELICYC
- Reported engine: SOLAR T62T32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 0 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070621013329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LIFTED OFF IN HIS HOME BUILT HELICYCLE AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 MDT. THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT AFTER SPENDING 3 YEARS BUILDING THE CRAFT. HE MADE 2 CIRCLES, NEVER GETTING MORE THAN 100 YARDS FROM HIS LIFT-OFF POINT. AS HE COMPLETED HIS SECOND CIRCLE HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT ABOUT HIS LIFT-OFF POINT. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND CRASHED, DESTROYING THE HELICYCLE AND SENDING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS AGREED TO VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER HIS STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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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