# Accident 20071002830529A: Degeli 1, Ashland, KY, October 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2007, 18:15 local time
- Place: Ashland, KY
- Airport: Ashland Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5544° N, 82.7336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5544&lon=-82.7336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444PD-2012-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Degelia Phil 1 (registry code 05617VI, https://openairdocs.org/model/degelia-phil-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEGELI 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 85 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071002830529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OPERATED HIS SINGLE-PLACE, AMATEUR BUILT, EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY GYROPLANE ON A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED OUT OF KDWU AT APPROX. 1815 LOCAL TIME. THE PILOT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOS. A WEATHER BRIEFING WAS NOT OBTAINED AND THE OBSERVED CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND TO RUNWAY 18. ON HIS LAST LANDING ATTEMPT, HE FAILED TO PROPERLY CORRECT FOR A CROSSWIND, DRIFTING TO THE EXTREME RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 28 (100' WIDE) AT APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL THEN ALTERNATELY "ROCKED" FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE MAIN GEAR WHEELS UNTIL THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY FOLDED AND THE LEFT WHEEL AXLE BROKE, LIBERATING THE LEFT WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY. THE GYROPLANE THEN TILTED OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE AND SKIDDED A SHORT DISTANCE CAUSING THE ROTOR BLADES, AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE GYROPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, ROTOR, PROPELLER, FAIRING AND DEFORMATION TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RUDDER AND LEFT ELEVATOR TIP. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY TO HIS LEFT HAND FIFTH FINGER AND SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS RIGHT WRIST REQUIRING SURGERY TO IMPLANT A METAL PLATE FOR BROKEN/DISLOCATED BONE(S).

## 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 DEN08CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA001), Oct 2, 2007: Degelia Rotor Flight Dynamic (N444PD), Ashland, KY, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing flare resulting in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind and the pilot's failure to recover from a bounced…

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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