# NTSB OAK75DVD38: Homebuilt Gyro, Samoa, CA, March 9, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 9, 1975
- Place: Samoa, CA · SAMOA, CA
- Location: 40.8146° N, 124.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Samoa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8146&lon=-124.1892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 7, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK75DVD38
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVD38-201271

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT GYRO
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Eureka

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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