- Date
- May 21, 1985, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Milledgeville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N991PGGalloway B-8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850521019069A
- Case key
- 6801
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in kind of aircraftFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt stated that the gyroplane was blow off the side of the rwy by a gust of wind during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing. The acft traveled into a grass area and nosed over. The student plt did not have a solo endorsement and had only two hours of dual instruction in a gyrocopter which was being pulled by an automobile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N991PG
- Reported as
- Galloway B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- GC-1996
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- McCulloch O, 72 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Poin D. Galloway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- MLJ · Baldwin Co., runway 27, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 142 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.