ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182144
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 December 2015 |
| Time: | 14:24 LT |
| Type: |  AutoGyro MT 03 MTOSport |
| Owner/operator: | Nad al Sheba Private Club |
| Registration: | A6-GY0 |
| MSN: | M01230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Skydive Dubai Palm Dropzone -
 United Arab Emirates
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Skydive Dubai Palm |
| Skydive Dubai Palm | |
| Investigating agency: | GCAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 9 December 2015, at approximately 1424 UAE time, an MTOsport gyrocopter, registration A6-GYO, flown by a Dutch citizen Pilot participating in an air race held as part of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) 2015 World Air Games (WAG), Dubai, suffered loss of control and impacted the sea upon passing the final race course pylon. The Pilot was submerged in the water for a period of approximately ten minutes before being rescued in an unconscious condition by Search and Rescue divers. The Pilot did not regain consciousness and succumbed to his injuries ten days after the Accident.
Causes
The Air Accident Investigation Sector determines that the most probable cause of the Accident was due to the pilot losing control of the Aircraft as he attempted a high speed unbalanced left hand turn and becoming distracted, at the same time, due to the loss of his helmet. Subsequently, the sudden control stick input to the left and against the stops caused the Aircraft to lose lift from the rotors, enter negative g-loading and suffer a loss of engine power causing the Aircraft to roll and dive, impacting the water at high speed.
3.4 Contributory Factors
The Air Accident Investigation Sector determines that the following factors contributed to the Accident or the severity of its consequences:
- The Pilot was most likely not sufficiently experienced to fly the gyrocopter in an air race as he had just over 20 hours of pilot-in-command time for the gyrocopter;
- The Pilot selection process was lacking robust procedures as all pilots who had been nominated, irrespective of experience, were allowed to compete by the FAI;
- The Pilot was allowed to fly even though he had less than the 45 hours of pilot in command experience flying a gyrocopter as stipulated in GCAA CAAP 15;
- The race course did not have a safe height established and most of the flight was performed at an average of 100 feet above the water.
- Most of the flight was flown at speeds in the yellow precautionary range in excess of 120 km per hour.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.gcaa.gov.ae/en/ePublication/admin/iradmin/Lists/Incidents%20Investigation%20Reports/Attachments/84/2015-2015%20-%20Preliminary%20Report,%20AAIS%20Case%20AIFN-0013-2015%20-%20A6-GYO.pdf
https://www.pilootenvliegtuig.nl/2015/12/09/nederlandse-deelnemer-crasht-tijdens-world-air-games/
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/gyrocopter-crashes-into-sea-off-jumeirah-beach-residence
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/2414951043/Luchtsporter+Arend+van+Randen+(49)+overleden+na+ongeluk+tijdens+World+Air+Games+in+Dubai.aspx
http://onderzoeksraad.nl/uploads/phase-docs/1163/562af2f8d2f0ovv-kwartaalrapportage-luchtvaart-kw-iv-2015.pdf
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/transport/pilot-killed-in-gyrocopter-crash-underwater-for-nearly-10-minutes-investigation-report-says-1.153580
Images:
Photo(c): GCAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2015 15:39 | harro | Added |
| 19-Dec-2015 08:27 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2016 11:46 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2016 19:36 | harro | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 02-Aug-2016 05:11 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2018 09:49 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2022 23:34 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, Photo] |
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