# Accident 20191012022399A: Wayland Perry M MTO SPORT, Montgomery, TX, October 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2019, 15:45 local time
- Place: Montgomery, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3367° N, 95.6794° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3367&lon=-95.6794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N498AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498AG-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wayland Perry M MTO SPORT (registry code 056322D, https://openairdocs.org/model/wayland-perry-m-mto-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WAYLAND PERRY M MTO SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 149 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20TA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191012022399A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 12, 2019, GYROPLANE N498AG DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE RANCH IN HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS AT AROUND 1450 CST IN ROUTE TO LIVINGSTON, TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS FLYING WITH HIS WIFE.  AS THEY WERE APPROACHING THE LAKE CONROE DAM, HIS  TABLET BLANKED OUT.  SINCE THIS WAS HIS FORM OF NAVIGATION, HE WANTED TO STOP AND FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. HE  REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP STRAIGHT AHEAD OF HIM CALLED MERRIMACK.  HIS PLAN WAS TO LAND THERE AND FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. HE SAW A FIELD WITH A ROAD IN THE ORIENTATION AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SO HE MADE THE INCORRECT ASSUMPTION THAT THIS WAS THE PRIVATE FIELD. HE LANDED AND DETERMINED HIS TABLET'S BATTERY WAS DEAD, SO HIS WIFE AND HIM DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE TRIP USING HIS CELL PHONE AND HIS WIFE WOULD GIVE HIM DIRECTIONS OVER THE INTERCOM. AT AROUND 1545 CST, AS HE WAS TAKING OFF, HE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM. HE WAS TAKING OFF APPROXIMATELY TO THE NORTHWEST. THEY STARTED CLIMBING THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TREES, BUT HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS IN ANOTHER ENCLOSED MEADOW AND HE DID NOT FEEL LIKE HE WOULD MAKE IT OUT THROUGH THE TREES. HE THEN TURNED APPROXIMATELY SOUTH AND CONTINUE TO CLIMB, HOWEVER THEY QUICKLY BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TOPS OF SOME PINE TREES. THE GYROPLANE THEN STARTED TO FALL THROUGH THE CANOPY, APPROXIMATELY 60 FT, AND LANDED ON ITS LEFT HAND SIDE ON THE GROUND. HIS WIFE TURNED OFF THE KEY TO STOP THE FUEL PUMPS. NO POST CRASH FIRE. PILOT SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT HAND. HIS WIFE HAD MINOR BRUISES ONLY.

## 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 CEN20TA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA007), Oct 12, 2019: AutoGyro MTO Sport (N498AG), Montgomery, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during departure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight assessment of the field for takeoff.

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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