McCulloch J-2 N4312G

8 February 1972 · Canton, Ohio, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 February 1972 at about 07:25 local time, a McCulloch J-2 registered N4312G, operated by Aer-O-Hio Avia, was involved in an accident during in flight near Canton, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 February 1972 at 07:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Canton, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport: Martin Fld
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: McCulloch J-2
Registration: N4312G
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Aer-O-Hio Avia
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Police Patrol
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0320

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

M/R BLD PITCH SETTINGS TOO HI, NOT IN A/W MFG SPECS.ROTOR RPM DECAYED, PLT UN MNTN FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0320, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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