- Date
- March 8, 1992, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N123ZTWind Ryder
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920308005139A
- Case key
- 23406
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Probable cause
A loss of control for undetermined reason(s).
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.
Analysis
During final approach, at about 200 ft AGL, the gyrocopter was observed to suddenly roll left into a 90 degree bank and impact the ground. Examination of the gyrocopter revealed no anomalies in the systems or evidence of failed or malfunctioning components.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123ZT
- Reported as
- Wind Ryder
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 47
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cordon, Harry P.
- Registered owner
- Wilmot, David H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- 1M1 · N. Little Rock, runway 17, 3,009 × 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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,653 total · 1,599 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 7 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.