# Accident 20171207016239A: Steiner Brock SPORT COPTER VORTEX, Spanish Fork, UT, December 7, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2017, 18:19 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork-Springville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0744° N, 111.5797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0744&lon=-111.5797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N395SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N395SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steiner Brock SPORT COPTER VORTEX (registry code 05615E7, https://openairdocs.org/model/steiner-brock-sport-copter-vortex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEINER BROCK SPORT COPTER VORTEX
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171207016239A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/07/2017 AT 1819 MST, N395SC, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT SPORT COPTER VORTEX EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON US 89.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE FRONT EDGE ROOF OF A VEHICLE HEADING WESTBOUND.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER.  A PASSING SEMI TRUCK STRUCK THE TIP OF ONE BLADE CAUSING DEFORMATION NEAR THE ROOT.  THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  NO PERSONS ON THE GROUND EXPERIENCED INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA073), Dec 8, 2017: Brock Steiner Sport Copter Vortex (N395SC), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain situational and geographic awareness during the flight, which resulted in him becoming lost and exhausting the gyroplane’s fuel.

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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