- Date
- October 29, 1988, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10WPParsons B-8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32351
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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.
Analysis
During an airshow, the plt took off to perform a planned 8-spin autorotative landing from an alt of aprx 800 ft. an FAA inspector who observed the accident stated the flt ascended to aprx 650 ft MSL. After closing the throttle, the plt began the maneuver. While descending through about 100 ft AGL & having completed 6-spins, the plt continued the maneuver. Subsequently, the acft contacted the ground & was damaged. According to the plt, the acft spun too low for pull-out & hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10WP
- Reported as
- Parsons B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1927
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Mcculloch O-100-1, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Parsons, William H
- Registered owner
- Parsons, William H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 1988 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- 31J
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 33 nm away