- Date
- March 8, 1987, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N447MRResney Commander 447
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308005379A
- Case key
- 13554
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a forced landing in a field due to fuel starvation. The acc plt offered to fly the acft out. He had 30 min of dual flt in this type acft. He sat on the left side of the acft for the flt which resulted in an unbalanced condition. The acft entered a left turn during takeoff that was not corrected and collided with the ground in a steep left bank. Plts experienced with this type acft indicated that a plt flying alone in this acft would need to sit in the middle of the bench seat and also keep his weight forward instead of leaning back to get the normal control response.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N447MR
- Reported as
- Resney Commander 447 (COMMANDER)
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3496360
- Airframe hours
- 40
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael M. Resney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 3HA · Lansing, IL
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 592 total · 1 in this make and model · 557 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.
Other investigations on N447MR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.