- Date
- March 19, 1988, 17:00 local (Mar 20, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5045JMarlow Hilyard Executive
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880319005979A
- Case key
- 40793
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot made a landing on sloping terrain. The gyrocopter rolled to the left with the main rotor striking sage brush. The engine was twisted from its mounts rupturing a fuel line. A fire resulted consuming the gyrocopter. The pilot did not hold a pilot or medical certificate but reported 155 hours experience in the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5045J
- Reported as
- Marlow Hilyard Executive
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- TH-1
- Engine
- Rotorway 152, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marlow L. Hilyard
- Registered owner
- Marlo Hilyard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Elko, NV
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 155 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.