# NTSB FTW92DPG01: Wind Ryder, N123ZT, Little Rock, AR, March 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1992, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Coordinates: 34.840904, -92.330581 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8409&lon=-92.3306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW92DPG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92DPG01

## Probable cause

A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S).

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123ZT-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 884007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WIND RYDER
- Registry model: [Windryder Engineering WINDRYDER](https://openairdocs.org/model/windryder-engineering-windryder) (registry code 130014F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 47
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920308005139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920308005139A), Mar 8, 1992: Amtrjc WINDRIDER, No Little Rock, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control turning final on first flight in type. Banked vertically and dived to ground. Possible dynamic rollover

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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