- Date
- September 11, 2022, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jasper, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N451AGAutogyro USA Calidus
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220911022659A
- Case key
- 105943
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the gyroplane during a touch-and-go landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he finished training and received a logbook endorsement to fly the gyroplane five days before the accident. The purpose of the accident flight was to practice touch-and-go landings. The first two were uneventful, but during the third touch-and-go, he applied power to take off again and the gyroplane rolled to the left. The pilot overcorrected and rolled the gyroplane right, resulting in the main rotor blades contacting the ground. The gyroplane slid on the runway to a stop on its right side resulting in substantial damage to main rotor blades and tail section. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the gyroplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N451AG
- Reported as
- Autogyro USA Calidus
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Serial number
- US-C00428
- Built
- 2016
- Airframe hours
- 41.3
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 2022
- Airport
- JZP · Pickens County, runway 16, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 5, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,464 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KGVL, 33 nm away
- METAR
- KGVL 111734Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM SCT020 SCT027 26/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02560206
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 11, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.