ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289306
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 October 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  FD-Composites ArrowCopter AC-20S |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-MDOE |
| MSN: | 033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Excalibur City Airfield -
 Czech Republic
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Excalibur City Airfield |
| Excalibur City Airfield | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An FD-Composites ArrowCopter AC-20S crashed into a hangar during takeoff from at Excalibur City Airfield.
Both occupants were seriously injured and the gyrocopter was destroyed.
Immediately after becoming airborne, the gyroplane attained a very high nose-up attitude. It fell to the right and rolled into a hangar, causing minor damage to a parked Europa (OE-CHL).
Sources:
https://www.austrianwings.info/2022/10/dritter-gyrocopter-unfall-am-flugplatz-excalibur-city/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/88444_1633815316.jpg (photo)
https://youtu.be/uw39ULbgA70?t=150
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 12:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Oct-2022 12:19 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 05-Oct-2022 12:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2022 12:23 | harro | Updated [Category] |
| 05-Oct-2022 12:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2022 16:15 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2022 18:44 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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