- Date
- July 27, 1986, 19:30 local (Jul 28, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stanton, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N4319GMcculloch J-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22121
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Visual lookout - poorCause
Judgment - poorFactor
Roll over
Analysis
Pilot attempted take off from pasture. Just after lift off the nose gear caught on a single strand electric fence and brought aircraft to a stop where it rolled over. The plts flt time was not reported or available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4319G
- Reported as
- Mcculloch J-2
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Serial number
- 029
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patrick Q. Perez
- Registered owner
- Sale Reported
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 63F · Stanton, TX
- Destination
- 63F · Stanton, TX
N4319GRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2012 · Mcculloch J-2Airframe modelMcculloch J-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg