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FAA accident report · Steve P Peltekian ROTORWAY 162F · Oshkosh, WI · July 29, 2023

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Date
July 29, 2023 · 12:26 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Oshkosh
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N193AZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN23FA333
Reported as
Steve P Peltekian Rotorway 162F
Reported engine
Rotorway RI-162F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
N193AZRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2024 · Steve P Peltekian ROTORWAY 162FS/N 6538 · Built 2012Airframe modelSteve P Peltekian ROTORWAY 162FEngine modelRotorway RI-162F4 cycle

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.

Oshkosh, WI (osh): during light sport aircraft flight activities at the experimental aircraft association (eaa) privacy data omitted event, the rotorway helicopter was struck by an eclipse 10 gyrocopter while operating in the ultralight area on the southwest side of runway 36.

POB: 2, injuries: both fatal, damage: aircraft destroyed. 07/29/2023 1830Z

The rotorway helicopter lost power on impact and plummeted from approximately 250 feet. It struck the ground in a nose-down attitude and came to rest inverted in a drainage ditch south of a public roadway on the eaa grounds. A post-crash fire ensued following the impact and consumed the cabin of the aircraft. Both occupants sustained fatal injuries.

Reference: incident report number A-GL-13-23-023 for details regarding the other aircraft involved in this midair collision.

Note: a Mooney M20F serial no. 670015 aircraft parked on the ground with no occupants and no intent to fly incurred significant damage due to impact from the gyrocopter following the midair collision.

As the FAA filed it

OSHKOSH, WI (OSH): DURING LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT FLIGHT ACTIVITIES AT THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (EAA) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EVENT, THE ROTORWAY HELICOPTER WAS STRUCK BY AN ECLIPSE 10 GYROCOPTER WHILE OPERATING IN THE ULTRALIGHT AREA ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36.

POB: 2, INJURIES: BOTH FATAL, DAMAGE: AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. 07/29/2023 1830Z

THE ROTORWAY HELICOPTER LOST POWER ON IMPACT AND PLUMMETED FROM APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET. IT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A DRAINAGE DITCH SOUTH OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY ON THE EAA GROUNDS. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED FOLLOWING THE IMPACT AND CONSUMED THE CABIN OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

REFERENCE: INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER A-GL-13-23-023 FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE OTHER AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS MIDAIR COLLISION.

NOTE: A MOONEY M20F SERIAL NO. 670015 AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE GROUND WITH NO OCCUPANTS AND NO INTENT TO FLY INCURRED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DUE TO IMPACT FROM THE GYROCOPTER FOLLOWING THE MIDAIR COLLISION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN23FA333Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportOshkosh, WIThe failure of the gyroplane pilot to see and avoid the helicopter while maneuvering in the traffic pattern. Contributing to the accident was the gyroplane pilot’s performance of a prohibited maneuver in the traffic pattern.Jul 29, 2023 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N221ELCamilio Saiz JR ELA Eclipse 10Accident 20230729009802A · Substantial damage