- Date
- April 21, 1989, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N59GHHuff 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890421009649A
- Case key
- 34780
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power for an unknown reason. The soft terrain (plowed field) was a related factor.
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
The plt said that, while practicing takeoffs and lndgs, there was a partial loss of eng power during the 3rd takeoff. Subsequently, an emerg lndg was made in a plowed field & the gyroplane was damaged when the rotor blades contacted the pusher prop. The wind was rprtd to be from 180 deg at 20 gusting 25 KTS & the rprtd temp was 85 deg. No specific reason was found for the power loss; the pilot had just installed the eng & it had accumulated about 1/2 hr of opnl time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59GH
- Reported as
- Huff 1
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 120
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 47 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Huff, Glenn E.
- Registered owner
- Huff, Glenn E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 4MO4 · Liberty, MO
- Airport
- 4M04 · Liberty Landing, runway 22, 1,800 × 20 ft, grass/turf
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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 186 total · 120 in this make and model · 46 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.