# NTSB NYC04CA184: Pascucci RAF 2000, N62188, Beverly, MA, August 2, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 2, 2004, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Coordinates: 42.584167, -70.916389
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5842&lon=-70.9164&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boston FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59826
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59826/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA184

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing.  A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- Roll over, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

The pilot was landing on runway 16.  After touchdown, the gyrocopter encountered a wind gust and became airborne again.  The pilot intended to maintain flight to prevent the gyrocopter from falling onto the runway; however, he made a "wrong correction."  The gyrocopter then rolled onto it's left side and impacted the ground.  The pilot  said he did not experience any mechanical problems.  Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 080 degrees, at 5 knots.

## Factual narrative

On August 2, 2004, about 1300 eastern daylight time, a homebuilt RAF 2000 Gyrocopter, N62188, was substantially damaged while landing at the Beverly Municipal Airport, Beverly, Massachusetts.  The certificated private pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight conducted under  14 CFR Part 91,

According to the pilot's written statement, he was landing on runway 16, a 4,634-foot-long, 150-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  After touchdown, the gyrocopter encountered a wind gust and became airborne again.  The pilot intended to maintain flight to prevent the gyrocopter from falling onto the runway; however, he made a "wrong correction."  The gyrocopter then rolled onto it's left side and impacted the ground.

The pilot added that he did not experience any mechanical problems.  He reported 950 hours of total flight experience, which included 60 hours in gyrocopters.

Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 080 degrees, at 5 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62188](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62188-2007-01-03), registration cancelled 2007-01-03, S/N 001LP, built 1996 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Pascucci RAF 2000
- Registry model: [Pascucci Louis RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/pascucci-louis-raf-2000) (registry code 05607LO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Subaru ALL MDLS A/B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (registry code 59050, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 001LP
- Airframe hours: 59
- Engines: Subaru 2.2L 130 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Louis Pascucci
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 15, 2004, 20 hours before
- Departed: BVY, Beverly, MA
- Airport: BVY, Beverly Muni, runway 16, 4,634 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review May 7, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 950 total, 60 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.96 inHg
- Observed at: BVY

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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