- Date
- February 20, 1976
- Place
- Pikeville, KY · PIKEVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2137Mine-Copter R100
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760220005759A
- Case key
- 149839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0680 76/2/20 PIKEVILLE,KY MINE-COPTER R100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N2137 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIKEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIKEVILLE,KY 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 - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE MODEL MCCULLOCH 4318A.ROTOR BLADES STRUCK GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2137
- Reported as
- Mine-Copter R100
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pikeville
N2137Registration cancelled Feb 7, 2013 · Gyroplane MI-NE-COPTER R-100Airframe modelGyroplane MI-NE-COPTER R-100Engine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.