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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grigsby B-8M · Pineville, LA · June 20, 2014

Date
June 20, 2014 · 09:00 local
Place
Pineville, LA
Airport
Pineville Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31234
Reported as
Grigsby B-8M
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
440 total440 in this make and model

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.

During landing the pilot did not have his safety belt fastened, the pilot fell out of his seat he went left and the gyrocopter went right. The gyroplane rolled over damaging the rotor blades. Minor damage, minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE HIS SAFETY BELT FASTENED, THE PILOT FELL OUT OF HIS SEAT HE WENT LEFT AND THE GYROCOPTER WENT RIGHT. THE GYROPLANE ROLLED OVER DAMAGING THE ROTOR BLADES. MINOR DAMAGE, MINOR INJURIES.