- Date
- June 2, 2026, 08:37 local (13:37 UTC)
- Place
- Coffeyville, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N113CXAutogyro Cavalon
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 203111
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 2, 2026, at 0837 central daylight time, an AutoGyro Cavalon gyroplane, N113CX, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Coffeyville, Kansas. The pilot was not injured. The gyroplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he was on his second solo flight of the day. During takeoff, about 10 to 30 ft above the runway, the gyroplane started to shake violently and roll to the left. The pilot attempted to correct the roll with full right cyclic and rudder but was unable to regain control. The gyroplane impacted terrain, bounced, and rolled several times across the ground before coming to rest on its left side resulting in substantial damage to the empennage, fuselage, and main rotors. The gyroplane was recovered to a secure facility for further examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113CX
- Reported as
- Autogyro Cavalon
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- V00274
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 1st Due Emergency Response Solutions LLC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- CFV · Coffeyville Muni, runway 04/22, 4,005 × 75 ft, asphalt
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- KCFV
- METAR
- SPECI KCFV 021329Z AUTO 26008G15KT 10SM -RA SCT019 BKN080 BKN100 20/18 A3018 RMK AO2 RAB11 P0002 T02000178