- Date
- November 8, 1980
- Place
- Brookhaven, NY · BROOKHAVEN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N37515Sportster HA2M
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801108074249A
- Case key
- 128396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3051 80/11/8 BROOKHAVEN,NY SPORTSTER HA2M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 417 TIME - 1620 N37515 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKHAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKHAVEN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIGH-SPEED TAXI RUNS.WIND GUSTING 35K.GYROCOPTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37515
- Reported as
- Sportster HA2M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brookhaven
N37515Registration cancelled May 15, 2017 · Romero Filmo HA-2M SPORTSTERAirframe modelRomero Filmo HA-2M SPORTSTEREngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.