OpenAirDocs.org

20130129000639A

Accident · Destroyed
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Amirkhanian Shahram Charl COMMANDER · Westminster, MD · January 29, 2013

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
January 29, 2013 · 16:30 local
Place
Westminster, MD
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N393GX
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA122
Reported as
Amirkhanian Shahram Charl Commander
Reported engine
ROTAX 503ULDCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,560 total200 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days
N393GXRegistered now · Amirkhanian Shahram Charl COMMANDERS/N SCA001 · Built 2010Airframe modelAmirkhanian Shahram Charl COMMANDEREngine modelRotax 503ULDCDI2 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was practicing turns over an open field. As he came around the turn the sun came out from behind the clouds and the pilot could not see forward and flew into a power line that crossed the field. Rotor blades caught the wires and the gyrocopter came down in the field. The pilot walked away without injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TURNS OVER AN OPEN FIELD. AS HE CAME AROUND THE TURN THE SUN CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS AND THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE FORWARD AND FLEW INTO A POWER LINE THAT CROSSED THE FIELD. ROTOR BLADES CAUGHT THE WIRES AND THE GYROCOPTER CAME DOWN IN THE FIELD. THE PILOT WALKED AWAY WITHOUT INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA13CA122Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportWestminster, MDImpact with power lines due to the pilot’s obscured vision due to the low angle of the sun, which prevented the pilot from seeing the lines.Jan 29, 2013 · Substantial damage