ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207203
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| Date: | Monday 10 August 2015 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: | Trixy Princess |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N743SS |
| MSN: | JDG2013USANA1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 105 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 TI |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midland, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Midland, TX (MDD) |
| Midland, TX (MDD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The sport pilot was operating the gyroplane near its maximum gross weight on a hot day. He taxied the gyroplane to a position north of the runway intersection and then performed a normal takeoff to the south. During the initial climb, the gyroplane began to lose airspeed. The pilot tried to regain airspeed by lowering the nose, but the airspeed continued to decrease. The pilot conducted a forced landing in a park, during which the gyroplane impacted the ground hard and rolled over on its right side.
Examination of the gyroplane, the engine, and other systems revealed no evidence of any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The density altitude was calculated to be 5,850 ft, which would have degraded the gyroplane’s climb rate by 75 percent. It is likely the pilot failed to adequately prepare for the flight and did not account for the effects of high density-altitude conditions, high gross weight, and reduced engine performance and that these factors degraded the gyroplane’s climb performance such that the pilot was unable to maintain a positive climb rate.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning during which he failed to account for the high-density altitude conditions and high gross weight, which degraded the gyroplane's climb performance and resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Mar-2018 11:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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