- Date
- September 10, 1978
- Place
- Dunnellon, FL · DUNNELLON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- NONEGyrocopter 1
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3640 78/9/10 NR.DUNNELLON,FL GYROCOPTER 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 29, 5 TIME - 1410 NONE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNNELLON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUNNELLON,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- NO ROTOR HUB FLAPPING STOP PLATE.RED PAINT MARKS ON BLADES,RUDDER PAINTED RED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Gyrocopter 1
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dunnellon