- Date
- November 16, 2023, 17:38 local (Nov 17, 2023, 00:38 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82TKTheodore C Kalman ELA Eclipse 10
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20231116016969A
- Case key
- 193448
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the gyroplane reported that, during a touch-and-go landing to the runway, he encountered a gusting wind, causing the gyroplane to veer left to the grass. Subsequently, the gyroplane collided with the runway hold short sign, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the gyroplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82TK
- Reported as
- Theodore C Kalman ELA Eclipse 10
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 04175271014
- Built
- 2017
- Airframe hours
- 291
- Engine
- Rotax 914, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · January 12, 2022
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- NYL · Yuma Mcas/Yuma Intl, runway 17/35, 5,710 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Last flight review
- May 5, 2023
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 17,722 total · 150 in this make and model · 16,938 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KNYL, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KNYL 170057Z COR 25004KT 7SM BKN070 19/15 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01940150 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 8, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.