- Date
- October 15, 1983, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1388QAlderfer Gyroplane
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015061039A
- Case key
- 12481
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Communications/information/atc - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt struck he made a normal takeoff & reached an alt of about 20 ft when he lowered the nose to gain airspeed. As he reached 30 ft the gyroplane rolled over & impacted the grass on the right of the rwy. The plt reported he had a strong gusty headwind condition. Cincinnati lunken arpt, 16 mi away, was reporting a wind of 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1388Q
- Reported as
- Alderfer Gyroplane
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 13132-2
- Airframe hours
- 22
- Engine
- Volkswagen UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Alderfer
- Airport
- HAO · Hamilton
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 60 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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