- Date
- July 29, 2026, 19:00 local (Jul 30, 2026, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Petaluma, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N556GTMark Lee Schillinger GT-VX2
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203492
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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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N556GT
- Reported as
- Mark Lee Schillinger GT-VX2
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Serial number
- VX2-011
- Built
- 2025
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Destination
- Same as departure
N556GTRegistered now · Mark Lee Schillinger GT-VX2Airframe modelMark Lee Schillinger GT-VX2Engine modelRotax 912ULS
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.
Weather
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- KO69, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KO69 292355Z AUTO 24010KT 9SM CLR 25/11 A2985 RMK A01