# Accident 20200528008169A: Csp Leasing LLC CAVALON, Myrtle Creek, OR, May 28, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2020, 14:10 local time
- Place: Myrtle Creek, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1172° N, 123.3103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1172&lon=-123.3103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477AG-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: CSP Leasing CAVALON (registry code 05634DE, https://openairdocs.org/model/csp-leasing-cavalon) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914ULS (registry code 55552, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914uls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CSP LEASING LLC CAVALON
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200528008169A

## Narrative

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

GYROCOPTER WAS OBSERVED AT 1410 FLYING NEARBY MYRTLE CREEK AIRPARK. THE WITNESS HEARD THE ENGINE "SPUTTERING" THEN FOLLOWED BY A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE GYROCOPTER APPEARED TO TUMBLE FROM THE SKY. SMOKE WAS OBSERVED RISING FROM THE GENERAL AREA OF THE GYROCOPTER.  THE GYROCOPTER WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## 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 WPR20LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA155), May 28, 2020: CSP Leasing Cavalon (N477AG), Roseburg, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A substantially unweighted rotor system for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in contact between the main rotor blade and the gyrocopter’s keel tube and a loss of control and…

## Other reports on N477AG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190814016489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814016489A), Aug 14, 2019: Csp Leasing LLC CAVALON (N477AG), Shelton, WA, Substantial damage. Accelerated on t.o. roll. Aircraft was not lifting off. Pilot pulled stick back slightly and nose pitched up. Aircraft yawed right and rolled left. Rotor…

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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