Phaneuf B8 MOD GYRO N8474

Summary

On 2 September 1984 at about 01:03 local time, a Phaneuf B8 MOD GYRO registered N8474 was involved in an accident near Murrieta, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 September 1984 at 01:03

Classification

Accident

Location

Murrieta, California, United States

Nearest airport

Thompson

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Phaneuf B8 MOD GYRO

Registration

N8474

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Murrieta → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FUG02

1 person died.

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

A WITNESS OBSERVED THE GYROCOPTER CIRCLE THE APRT. ON THE SECOND TIME AROUND, IT DROPPED DOWN LOW ON THE DOWNWIND LEG AND DISAPPEARED BEHIND A SMALL HILL. HE ALSO STATED THE ENG WAS RUNNING AT FULL POWER AND THAT HE COULD HEAR THE ROTOR BLADES STRIKE THE GROUND WHEN THE GYROCOTER CRASHED. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS SHOWED THAT THE PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.110%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.