- Date
- September 26, 1986, 09:43 local (14:43 UTC)
- Place
- Rush City, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90563Mcculloch J-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860926048869A
- Case key
- 13529
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Just after lift off, while taking off with a tail wind, the plt diverted his attention to the instrument panel & did not realize the gyrocopter was going into an unusual attitude. He said that when he did notice what had happened, he 'just got ready for the crash.' He did not hold the proper certificate for this acft & had only 7 hrs of gyroplane experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90563
- Reported as
- Mcculloch J-2
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Serial number
- 081
- Airframe hours
- 140
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Bakken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 30, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 54Y
- Destination
- 54Y
- Airport
- S4Y · Rush City Muni, runway 33, 3,200 × 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 7 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 40 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.