Resney COMMANDER 447 N447MR

Summary

On 8 March 1987 at about 16:00 local time, a Resney COMMANDER 447 registered N447MR was involved in an accident near Lansing, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 March 1987 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lansing, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

41.5596, -87.5402

Aircraft

Resney COMMANDER 447

Registration

N447MR

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lansing → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87DEE05

1 person was seriously injured.

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 ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE ACC PLT OFFERED TO FLY THE ACFT OUT. HE HAD 30 MIN OF DUAL FLT IN THIS TYPE ACFT. HE SAT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ACFT FOR THE FLT WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNBALANCED CONDITION. THE ACFT ENTERED A LEFT TURN DURING TAKEOFF THAT WAS NOT CORRECTED AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A STEEP LEFT BANK. PLTS EXPERIENCED WITH THIS TYPE ACFT INDICATED THAT A PLT FLYING ALONE IN THIS ACFT WOULD NEED TO SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BENCH SEAT AND ALSO KEEP HIS WEIGHT FORWARD INSTEAD OF LEANING BACK TO GET THE NORMAL CONTROL RESPONSE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.