- Date
- November 8, 1970
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9163Riggs Gyro C
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4137 70/11/8 ADELANTO,CALIF RIGGS GYRO C CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 69, 864 TIME - 0940 N9163 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- DRY LAKE BED DUSTY DUE GRND TRAFFIC. EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF HOME BUILT ACFT.1 HR IN TYPE IN 90 DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9163
- Reported as
- Riggs Gyro C
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
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