Dana A Moore DANAMITE N6407C

Summary

On 16 January 2000 at about 19:00 local time, a Dana A Moore DANAMITE registered N6407C was involved in an accident near Smyrna, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 January 2000 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Smyrna, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Smyrna Airport (MQY)

Coordinates

35.9801, -86.5094

Aircraft

Dana A Moore DANAMITE

Registration

N6407C

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA068

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's excessive taxiing speed and failure to maintain adequate clearance from objects, resulting in the gyroplane's main rotor colliding with a fence and subsequent damage to the aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that after completing the first flight in his recently constructed gyroplane that he was taxiing expeditiously back to the hangar and did not take into account the wet taxiway, or the tail wind. The pilot said that while taxiing the gyroplane the nose wheel did not turn as he would have liked, and the aircraft drifted close to a fence and the rotor made contact with the fence, destroying the aircraft. The FAA inspector who conducted a postcrash examination of the gyroplane, confirmed that the aircraft was destroyed as a result of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.