Gibb AR-1 N14968

Summary

On 11 July 2019 at about 17:30 local time, a Gibb AR-1 registered N14968 was involved in an accident near Hawley, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 July 2019 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hawley, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Hawley Municipal (04Y)

Coordinates

46.0000, -96.0000

Aircraft

Gibb AR-1

Registration

N14968

Category

Gyrocraft

Year built

2018

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hawley → Hawley

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN19FA218

1 person died.

An in-flight loss of control and collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the gyroplane departed on a local personal flight in visual meteorological conditions at an unknown time. Several witnesses  saw the gyroplane descending straight down and impacting the ground near the departure airport. All major components of the aircraft were located at the accident site. No preimpact anomalies were noted with the gyroplane. The pilot had built the gyroplane from a kit about a year before the accident. As best as could be determined from his flight records, the pilot had received about 36 hours of flight instruction in the gyroplane. Autopsy and toxicology testing of the pilot revealed no evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation, and the reason for the gyroplane's descent and impact with terrain could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.