Top Ten Autogyro Crashes HI DEF - YouTube
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Light aircraft strikes power line in fatal accident - AeroTime
Jun 27, 2023 · A 52-year-old pilot tragically died after his gyrocopter crashed into a high-tension power line and caught alight in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. A gyrocopter, also known as an autogyro, is a type of light aircraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to generate lift and a propeller.
Gyroplane Accidents by Make/Model - sportflyingforum.com
Jun 1, 2013 · 1st August 2009 - Visingso airfield, Sweden - SE-VNA - Auto-Gyro MTOsport - the gyrocopter took off to depart an airshow but seconds after rotation the gyro nose dived into the runway landing hard on the nose wheel - the gyrocopter came to rest on its side and quickly caught fire. Spectators pulled the pilot and passenger from the wreckage.
another look at the AutoGyro MTOsport crash of 11 September …
Oct 17, 2014 · My goal here is to alert AutoGyro owners with "Rotor System 2" of a possible early fatigue point of their blades. While posting photos of the D-MDOZ MTOsport crash in another thread, a couple of things caught my eye, so I carefully read the German BfU investigation report. I speak, read, and write good German, and translated relevant excerpts ...
Kathryn's Report: AutoGyro Cavalon, N198LT: Fatal accident …
On October 30, 2018, about 1448 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Auto-Gyro Cavalon gyrocopter, N198LT, was destroyed during collision with a power pole, wires, terrain, a residence and a post-crash fire following a forced landing in Sebring, Florida. The commercial pilot and the pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured.
GyroAccidents
Feb 4 15 - near Charlottesville, North Carolina, USA - Auto-Gyro Calidus - N595X - the FAA preliminary report states, "N595X Calidus AutoGyro GMbH experimental gyrocopter on take off from a field, sustained minor damage, 12 miles from Charlottesville, Virginia VA."
Pilot dies after autogyro crashes at Beverly Regional Airport
Dec 5, 2022 · Geoffrey Muller, 66, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, died after the autogyro he was piloting crashed at Beverly Regional Airport during takeoff on Dec. 4, 2022. The...
Accident AutoGyro Cavalon N635BC, Tuesday 4 August 2020
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the gyroplane that would have precluded normal operation. Probable Cause: The pilot's distraction and failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a low altitude maneuver, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and collision with terrain.
Whirlygig: the troubled life of the J-2 autogyro - Air Facts Journal
Oct 12, 2017 · The only fatal J-2 crashes in the NTSB database were an inflight main rotor separation in 1989 (seized main rotor thrust bearing, beyond its allowable 300-hour service life), and a crash resulting from an unexplained power loss in 1994.
Accident AutoGyro Calidus RA-0451A, 05 Aug 2022 - Aviation …
Aug 5, 2022 · The gyroplane crash-landed and rolled over, killing the pilot.