20200801019459I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gyro Technic VX-1 · Mentone, IN · August 1, 2020

Date: August 1, 2020 · 13:00 local
Place: Mentone, IN
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N196GT
Reported as: Gyro Technic VX-1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,309 total

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.

This report originated from the safety hotline office. This report surrounds the operation of a gyrocopter by a commercial certificated pilot who is also a certified flight instructor in gyroplanes. The pilot in this case was reported making his approach to landing too slow and made a hard landing causing damage to the gyrocopter. NTSB was shown photos and determined the damage was minor.

Additional information:

Block 13. The aircraft n number shown is currently listed in faa's database as reserved.

Block 20. This came from a negative mentions of any injuries received from the hard landing.

Block 27: actual weather was not established but telephone interviews conducted indicate it was VMC.

Block 31. Hours and flight review date are not available due to no contact with the pilot. Information for total hours came from current FAA databases.

As the FAA filed it

THIS REPORT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAFETY HOTLINE OFFICE. THIS REPORT SURROUNDS THE OPERATION OF A GYROCOPTER BY A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT WHO IS ALSO A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN GYROPLANES. THE PILOT IN THIS CASE WAS REPORTED MAKING HIS APPROACH TO LANDING TOO SLOW AND MADE A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE GYROCOPTER. NTSB WAS SHOWN PHOTOS AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

BLOCK 13. THE AIRCRAFT N NUMBER SHOWN IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN FAA'S DATABASE AS RESERVED.

BLOCK 20. THIS CAME FROM A NEGATIVE MENTIONS OF ANY INJURIES RECEIVED FROM THE HARD LANDING.

BLOCK 27: ACTUAL WEATHER WAS NOT ESTABLISHED BUT TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED INDICATE IT WAS VMC.

BLOCK 31. HOURS AND FLIGHT REVIEW DATE ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO NO CONTACT WITH THE PILOT. INFORMATION FOR TOTAL HOURS CAME FROM CURRENT FAA DATABASES.