ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184161
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| Date: | Monday 1 February 2016 |
| Time: | 14:35 |
| Type: | Rotor Flight Dynamics Dominator Tandem |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N41852 |
| MSN: | 41852 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | Subaru EJ22 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL), Centralia, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Centralia, IL (KENL) |
| Centralia, IL (KENL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness observed the sport pilot departing in his experimental, amateur-built gyroplane when, about 300 ft above ground level, the gyroplane turned right and the rotor blades began to slow. The gyroplane then made a sharp left turn, descended, and abruptly pitched up before impacting a field. A postaccident examination of the gyroplane found that the belt driving the prerotator had broken and had become entangled in the engine timing belt, which would have resulted in a loss of engine power. No other anomalies were detected with the airframe and engine. An autopsy did not reveal any medical concerns with the pilot.
Probable Cause: The failure of the prerotator belt, which impeded the engine's timing belt and resulted in a loss of engine power at low altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N41852
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2016 17:46 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Feb-2016 18:15 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2016 06:47 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 17-Jul-2017 22:33 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 19-Aug-2017 14:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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