ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145513
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| Date: | Saturday 31 March 2012 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  RAF 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9012R |
| MSN: | H2-99-10-436 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 97 hours |
| Engine model: | SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chambers County Airport - T00, Anahuac, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anahuac, TX (T00) |
| Anahuac, TX (T00) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot and flight instructor were practicing takeoffs, flight maneuvers, and landings in the student pilot's gyroplane. After landing on the runway with a right crosswind, the student pilot attempted to taxi the gyroplane back to the hangar. During the taxi forward, the gyroplane began to roll to the right and the rotor blades contacted the runway. The student pilot stated that the nosewheel and cyclic positions at the time of the forward taxi were likely the reasons for the roll to the right; this statement was consistent with the student pilot not repositioning the nosewheel and cyclic after the landing to a safe taxi position. The gyroplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage structure. The student pilot and flight instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper nosewheel and cyclic positioning during the taxi, which resulted in the gyroplane's main rotor contacting the runway surface. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120404X52616&key=1
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9012R&x=0&y=0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 August 2021 | N9012R | Private | 0 | Chambers County Airport (T00), Anahuac, TX | |
sub |
| 7 August 2021 | UNREG | Private | 0 | Anahuac, Texas | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2012 22:43 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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