- Date
- March 16, 1987, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Escatawpa, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1389XKenny Deward B-8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870316029519A
- Case key
- 31879
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Throttle/power control - reducedFactor
TotalFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While practicing power off landings downwind the flight encountered a gust at which time the pilot lost control. The aircraft descended rapidly striking the ground and then cartwheeling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1389X
- Reported as
- Kenny Deward B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2180CC, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lloyd D.Nelson,Jr.
- Registered owner
- Kenny Deuward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- New Jackson County Arpt, runway 36, 6,500 × 150 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIX, 5 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.