- Date
- October 10, 1973
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2992Airscout L001
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731010032649A
- Case key
- 188411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3043 73/10/10 TRACY,CALIF AIRSCOUT L001 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1340 N2992 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACY MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRACY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES REMARKS- PLT TIME ESTD.VW ENGINE.ROTOR BLADES HIT RUDDER ASSY DURING PORPOISING MANEUVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2992
- Reported as
- Airscout L001
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tracy Municipal
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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.