Incident Europa Monowheel OE-CHL,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289311
 
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Date:Wednesday 5 October 2022
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic EUPA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Europa Monowheel
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: OE-CHL
MSN: 227
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Excalibur City Airfield -   Czech Republic
Phase: Standing
Nature:-
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
An FD-Composites ArrowCopter AC-20S (D-MDOE) 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 heavy damage to a parked Weinhart/Neusser amateur built Europa Monowheel (OE-CHL).

Sources:

https://www.austrianwings.info/2022/10/dritter-gyrocopter-unfall-am-flugplatz-excalibur-city/

https://www.wildbergair.com/photos/flightimpressions/smallaircraft/20200807/20200807_029.JPG

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Oct-2022 12:16 gerard57 Added
05-Oct-2022 14:17 visitor Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
06-Oct-2022 16:16 harro Updated [Registration, Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
07-Oct-2022 12:03 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
08-Oct-2022 17:06 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
08-Oct-2022 17:19 NFH46 Updated [Narrative]

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