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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Experimental CALIDUS · Richmond, TX · April 23, 2016

Date: April 23, 2016 · 15:10 local
Place: Richmond, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3766M
Reported as: Experimental Calidus
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total70 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N3766MRegistered now · Mark Millis CALIDUSS/N C00387 Airframe modelMark Millis CALIDUS

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.

The pilot was giving a friend a ride in the gyrocopter. The pilot stated that he wanted to show his fried his house and made a low approach to his runway. He then flew down a bayou. When he climbed out he heard a pop and he thought the rotor felt funny. He then decided to land on his runway. When asked to discribe the approach and landing, the pilot stated that he was high and fast on final, which caused him to overrun the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS GIVING A FRIEND A RIDE IN THE GYROCOPTER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO SHOW HIS FRIED HIS HOUSE AND MADE A LOW APPROACH TO HIS RUNWAY. HE THEN FLEW DOWN A BAYOU. WHEN HE CLIMBED OUT HE HEARD A POP AND HE THOUGHT THE ROTOR FELT FUNNY. HE THEN DECIDED TO LAND ON HIS RUNWAY. WHEN ASKED TO DISCRIBE THE APPROACH AND LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO OVERRUN THE RUNWAY.