- Date
- August 19, 1964
- Place
- Vichy, MO · VICHY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7540URussell CG1
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0634 64/8/19 VICHY MO RUSSELL CG1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1000 TIME - 1530 N7540U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROLLA NATIONAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LANDED TO RIGHT OF RUNWAY ON SOFT SOD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7540U
- Reported as
- Russell CG1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rolla National
N7540URegistration cancelled Apr 29, 1970 · Russell Gyroplane C.G. 1Airframe modelRussell Gyroplane C.G. 1
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Other investigations on N7540U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.