- Date
- May 15, 1976
- Place
- Dequincy, LA · DEQUINCY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31170Robertson B8M
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760515012749A
- Case key
- 153867
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1182 76/5/15 DEQUINCY,LA ROBERTSON B8M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 55, 612 TIME - 1900 N31170 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEQUINCY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEQUINCY,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT ON DOWNWIND LEG. LOST ROTOR RPM AVOIDING TALL TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31170
- Reported as
- Robertson B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dequincy
N31170Registration cancelled Oct 16, 1979 · Robertson B-8M GYROCOPTERAirframe modelRobertson B-8M GYROCOPTER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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