- Date
- October 13, 1968
- Place
- Chuluota, FL · CHULUOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4772SGyroplane M-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4526 68/10/13 CHULUOTA,FLA GYROPLANE M-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 36, 400 TIME - 0845 N4772S PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING SEMINOLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- METAL SPAR INSERT FAILED THROUGH THE OUTBOARD ATTACH BOLT HOLE AT ROTOR HEAD ATTACHMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4772S
- Reported as
- Gyroplane M-2
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flying Seminole
N4772SRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 1971 · Experimental Gyroplane M-2Airframe modelExperimental Gyroplane M-2
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