# Accident 20230610009339A: Fly Gyros LLC M24 ORION, Venice, FL, June 10, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2023, 11:27 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49PF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49PF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fly Gyros M24 ORION (registry code 05640JC, https://openairdocs.org/model/fly-gyros-m24-orion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 915 IS series (registry code 55620, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-915-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLY GYROS LLC M24 ORION
- Reported engine: ROTAX 915 IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230610009339A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/10/2023, AT 1127 EDT, THE PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ M24 ORION AMATEUR BUILT GYROPLANE, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 23 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S AT VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (VNC). THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE EAST OF RUNWAY 23, WHERE THE PIC WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT UNCONSCIOUS. THE PIC WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM VNC EARLIER THAT DAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PIC SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS MEDEVAC’D TO THE HOSPITAL.

IN REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE SURROUNDING THIS INCIDENT AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM INVESTIGATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PIC SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHILE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT. AS OF THIS DATE, THE PIC IS STILL HOSPITALIZED AND UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR HIS CONDITION FOLLOWING THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY HE SUFFERED WHILE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AND HE DOES NOT RECALL THE ACCIDENT. THE NTSB IIC HAS INFORMED THIS INSPECTOR THAT AUTHORIZED NTSB PERSONNEL SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE PIC’S MEDICAL CONDITION. THE NTSB WILL USE THIS INFORMATION TO AID IN ESTABLISHING IF THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE PIC BECOMING INCAPACITATED WHILE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA23LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA267), Jun 10, 2023: Fly Gyros M24 Orion (N49PF), Venice, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control on takeoff for unknown reasons; whether the pilot’s acute stroke contributed to, or resulted from, the accident could not be determined.

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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