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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gary Carl Neal CLT GYROBEE · Hendersonville, NC · April 23, 2022

Date
April 23, 2022 · 17:00 local
Place
Hendersonville, NC
Airport
Hendersonville
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N396GN
Reported as
Gary Carl Neal CLT Gyrobee
Reported engine
SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1

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.

Pilot did two touch and go patterns on the paved runway at 0A7 and then a full stop landing, exited the active, waited for the main rotors to stop, then taxied to the adjoining grass field. While taxing at about 3 mph and idle RPM, the gyro abruptly fell over on its left side due to failure of the left main gear.

Sas activity EA68202202577.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID TWO TOUCH AND GO PATTERNS ON THE PAVED RUNWAY AT 0A7 AND THEN A FULL STOP LANDING, EXITED THE ACTIVE, WAITED FOR THE MAIN ROTORS TO STOP, THEN TAXIED TO THE ADJOINING GRASS FIELD. WHILE TAXING AT ABOUT 3 MPH AND IDLE RPM, THE GYRO ABRUPTLY FELL OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.

SAS ACTIVITY EA68202202577.