ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210540
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| Date: | Sunday 6 May 2018 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: | Halley Apollo AG-1 Gyro |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N141C |
| MSN: | 0002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 464 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 914ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Smith Beach, Northampton, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Roanoke Rapids-Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport, NC (KIXA) |
| Melfa-Accomack County Airport, VA (MFV/KMFV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noninstrument-rated private pilot of the experimental, amateur-built gyroplane reported that, during a cross-country, personal flight, as the flight neared the destination airport, the cloud ceiling began to lower very rapidly. He then decided to land at a private airstrip before the destination airport. He mistook a road for the private airstrip, and during the attempted landing, the gyroplane collided with power lines and sustained substantial fuselage damage.
Examination of the gyroplane did not reveal evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation nor did the pilot report any. The recorded weather at the destination airport included visibility of 1 3/4 miles in mist and overcast ceiling at 500 ft. The pilot used weather equipment onboard his gyroplane, but he did not receive a preflight weather briefing from flight service. It is likely that the pilot’s failure to get a preflight weather briefing and his inadequate use of his onboard weather equipment led to his subsequent decision to conduct an off-airport landing and the subsequent collision with power lines.
Probable Cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight weather planning, which resulted in an off-airport precautionary landing to avoid weather and a subsequent collision with power lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=141C
Location
Images:
Photo: FAA
Media:
Officials investigate plane crash in Northampton County https://t.co/5VQhAOqg6w via @WTKR3 pic.twitter.com/ysHvSMwLwN
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 7 mai 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2018 22:06 | Geno | Added |
| 07-May-2018 07:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 07-May-2018 07:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-May-2018 16:59 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2019 17:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, Accident report, ] |
| 11-Nov-2019 18:31 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 15-Sep-2023 07:12 | harro | Updated [[Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo]] |
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