- Date
- March 9, 1975
- Place
- Samoa, CA · SAMOA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- NONEHomebuilt Gyro
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0347 75/3/9 SAMOA,CA HOMEBUILT GYRO CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 54, TIME - 1430 NONE PX- 0 0 0 TEST 660 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EUREKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAMOA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- GYROCOPTER ENGAGED IN FAST TAXI TEST.BECAME AIRBORNE NOSE UP,FELL TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Gyro
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eureka