# Incident 20161030022689I: Cleary James H DOMINATOR, Grantham, NC, October 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Grantham, NC
- Airport: Cox-Grantham Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2891° N, 78.1796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COX-GRANTHAM AIRFIELD (6NC0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2891&lon=-78.1796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cleary James H DOMINATOR (registry code 056278U, https://openairdocs.org/model/cleary-james-h-dominator) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI-99 (registry code 55561, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLEARY JAMES H DOMINATOR
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161030022689I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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