20240827013189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ronald Andress CAVALON · Stevensville, MD · August 27, 2024

Date
August 27, 2024 · 10:40 local
Place
Stevensville, MD
Airport
Bay Bridge Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N914RB
Reported as
Ronald Andress Cavalon
Reported engine
ROTAX 914UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
76 total76 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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.

The airman flew the autogyro around and near the bay

Bridge W29 airport airspace practicing for his upcoming practical exam. Airman successfully touched down on runway 11 and as he was slowing down, he wanted to make sure it slowed down sufficiently to be able to exit the runway at the nearest taxiway to his right. This thought distracted him enough that he did not realize the rotors had tilted slightly to the right and he failed to counter-correct in a timely manner by moving the control stick to the left to move rotors to the left. This was a mistake and the rotor momentum caused the aircraft to tip on its side.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN FLEW THE AUTOGYRO AROUND AND NEAR THE BAY

BRIDGE W29 AIRPORT AIRSPACE PRACTICING FOR HIS UPCOMING PRACTICAL EXAM. AIRMAN SUCCESSFULLY TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 11 AND AS HE WAS SLOWING DOWN, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT SLOWED DOWN SUFFICIENTLY TO BE ABLE TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT THE NEAREST TAXIWAY TO HIS RIGHT. THIS THOUGHT DISTRACTED HIM ENOUGH THAT HE DID NOT REALIZE THE ROTORS HAD TILTED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND HE FAILED TO COUNTER-CORRECT IN A TIMELY MANNER BY MOVING THE CONTROL STICK TO THE LEFT TO MOVE ROTORS TO THE LEFT. THIS WAS A MISTAKE AND THE ROTOR MOMENTUM CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP ON ITS SIDE.