20161030022689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cleary James H DOMINATOR · Grantham, NC · October 30, 2016

Date: October 30, 2016 · 16:30 local
Place: Grantham, NC
Airport: Cox-Grantham Airfield
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N401JC
Reported as: Cleary James H Dominator
Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 146 total

N401JCRegistered now · Cleary James H DOMINATORS/N 001 Airframe modelCleary James H DOMINATOR Engine modelRotax 582DCDI-992 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.

On oct 30th at approximately 1630 l a quarter mile north of Cox-Grantham Airfield privacy data omitted gyrocopter had complete engine failure during while flying approximately 1200 feet AGL. privacy data omitted Auto-rotated the gyrocopter to a nearby cornfield. The aft landing gear contacted the ground first; when the nose landing gear contacted the ground it separated from the gyroplane causing the aircraft to roll to its right side and the main rotor to contact the ground. privacy data omitted Exited the gyroplane without injury.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCT 30TH AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 L A QUARTER MILE NORTH OF COX-GRANTHAM AIRFIELD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GYROCOPTER HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DURING WHILE FLYING APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET AGL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AUTO-ROTATED THE GYROCOPTER TO A NEARBY CORNFIELD. THE AFT LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST; WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND IT SEPARATED FROM THE GYROPLANE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL TO ITS RIGHT SIDE AND THE MAIN ROTOR TO CONTACT THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE GYROPLANE WITHOUT INJURY.