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| Date: | Sunday 24 January 2010 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: | AWI 1Gyro |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N132DH |
| MSN: | 1001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Graves Mill Road, Kernersville, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Apparantly the pilot (and builder) had just adjusted the toe -in on his landing gear of his experimental gyrocopter and was doing a high speed taxi test with rotors spinning when the 2 by 2 keel broke at the point just aft of where the nose gear is attached. Apparantly it fractured where two bolt holes had been drilled. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of broken bones.
Sources:
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136238_?storyid=136238_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyx2Ykj6UV8&mode=related&search= (video of a flight)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2010 16:32 | RobertMB | Added |
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