- Date
- August 23, 1970
- Place
- Jamestown, NY · JAMESTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N59355Gyrocopter BD-02
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110890
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3227 70/8/23 JAMESTOWN,NY GYROCOPTER BD-02 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1048 TIME - 1300 N59355 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAMESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMESTOWN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: OTHER ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE DURG TAXI TEST. NOSE GR CAUGHT ROUGH GND ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59355
- Reported as
- Gyrocopter BD-02
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jamestown