- Date
- August 4, 1991, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Libby, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70300Taylor Air Command 532 Elite
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910804031249A
- Case key
- 41508
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Probable cause
Loss of control during takeoff due to the pilot's total lack of experience in the type of aircraft.
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 airplane pilot was on his first takeoff in the homebuilt gyroplane when the acft maneuvered erratically, rolled inverted, descended uncontrolled and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70300
- Reported as
- Taylor Air Command 532 Elite
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 8-8-88
- Airframe hours
- 44
- Engine
- Rotax 352, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Garry A. Lindsey
- Registered owner
- Garry A. Lindsey
- Departed
- S59 · Libby, MT
- Airport
- S59 · Libby
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 376 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCA, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.