ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230410
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| Date: | Monday 4 November 2019 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: | TangoGyro Tango2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N875FV |
| MSN: | 19019 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2019 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4 hours |
| Engine model: | Yamaha 8GL-01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cedartown, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Cedartown, GA (4A4) |
| Cedartown, GA (4A4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was performing a test flight to mitigate a vibration in the gyroplane. When the pilot did not return within the expected timeframe a friend alerted authorities and went to look for him. The wreckage was located about 2.5 miles from the departure airport in a cotton field where it came to rest inverted about 15 ft beyond the initial impact point. Examination of the wreckage revealed that there were no anomalies with the gyroplane that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.
Toxicology testing identified sertraline and its metabolite desmethylsertraline, atorvastatin, and metoprolol in blood and urine. The pilot's medications were unlikely to have resulted in impairment and therefore most likely did not contribute to the accident
The pilot's autopsy revealed severe coronary artery disease with a previous stent and severe ongoing stenosis in the left anterior descending coronary artery. While there was no obvious scar, no microscopic evaluation of the heart muscle was performed, so whether there was evidence of previous or ongoing ischemia could not be determined. However, the severity of his coronary artery disease placed him at increased risk of an acute cardiac event that could have resulted in sudden chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, or fainting, any of which could have been acutely impairing or incapacitating. But in this case, there is no available operational information; therefore, whether effects from the pilot's coronary artery disease contributed to this accident could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of control of the gyroplane for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20FA029
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N875FV
Location
Images:
Photo(c): NTSB
Media:
NTSB investigating today\'s crash of Tango2 gyroplane in Cedartown, GA.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 4, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2019 05:08 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 05-Nov-2019 07:46 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 05-Nov-2019 14:52 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 05-Nov-2019 17:56 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 05-Nov-2019 19:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2019 09:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2019 09:38 | RobertMB | Updated [Plane category] |
| 03-Dec-2019 22:46 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2022 23:13 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative, Category, Photo] |
| 01-Jul-2022 16:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 01-Jul-2022 16:18 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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