- Date
- August 27, 1983, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murray, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6155SAir & Space 18-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830827044499A
- Case key
- 6180
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aprx 400 ft AGL, while executing a jump takeoff and a right turn, the aircraft began to settle. It then struck trees and then the ground. The temperature was 100 degrees f. the pilot stated that more attention should have been paid to ambient conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6155S
- Reported as
- Air & Space 18-A
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Serial number
- 18-66
- Airframe hours
- 284
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Farrington Aircraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1983 · 33 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Brandon, runway 18, 2,100 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,306 total · 390 in this make and model · 5,050 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAH, 37 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6155S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.