# Accident 20120910019319A: Wiggins Edward AIR BOSS, Lansing, IL, September 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Airport: Lansing Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5222° N, 87.5278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5222&lon=-87.5278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717EW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717EW-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wiggins Edward AIR BOSS (registry code 056314I, https://openairdocs.org/model/wiggins-edward-air-boss) (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: WIGGINS EDWARD AIR BOSS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA619](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA619) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120910019319A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TESTING A GYROPLANE WHICH HE BUILT.   ACCORDING TO AN EYEWITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD NO STATED INTENTION TO FLY.  HE APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER, GOT AIRBORNE, THEN LANDED ON THE RUNWAY.  ON THE FOURTH EVENT, HE ATTAINED A HEIGHT OF 150 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT.  AN OBSERVER ON THE GROUND ADVISED THE PILOT TO GO AROUND.  PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY DESCENDED UNDER POWER INTO A CORNFIELD SOUTH OF RUNWAY 18.  HE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES IN THE CRASH.

## 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 CEN12FA619](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA619), Sep 10, 2012: Wiggins AIR Boss (N717EW), Lansing, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain adequate familiarization with gyroplane operations before attempting a flight test of the recently completed gyroplane, which resulted in his failure to maintain control…

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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