- Date
- October 22, 1978
- Place
- Smoketown, PA · SMOKETOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4280Gyrocopter JW-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781022034199A
- Case key
- 139140
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3501 78/10/22 SMOKETOWN,PA GYROCOPTER JW-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 28, 0 TIME - 1550 N4280 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMOKETOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- M/R BLADE STRUCK TAIL.FLT LASTED APRX 10MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4280
- Reported as
- Gyrocopter JW-1
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glick
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.