Parsons B/P GYROCOPTER N54WP

Summary

On 9 November 1985 at about 17:30 local time, a Parsons B/P GYROCOPTER registered N54WP was involved in an accident near Dunnellon, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 November 1985 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Dunnellon, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Dunnellon Muni (X35)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Parsons B/P GYROCOPTER

Registration

N54WP

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dunnellon → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86FA027

2 people 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

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT WHO WAS NOT RATED IN HELICOPTERS OR GYROPLANES AND HAD AN EXPIRED INSTRUCTORS CERTIFICATE WAS IMPARTING INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT PLT IN A 2 PLACE HOMEBUILT GYROCOPTER. WHEN ON DOWNWIND TURN TO BASE LEG THE STUDENT TIPPED THE ROTOR DISC FORWARD AND THE ROTOR RPM DECAYED. THE ROTOR THEN WAS OBSERVED TO STRIKE THE RUDDER AND IT FAILED. THE ACFT THEN WAS OBSERVED TO FALL IN UNCONTROLLED FLT TO THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.