Csp Leasing Llc Cavalon accident near Roseburg, OR
On May 28, 2020, a Csp Leasing Llc Cavalon (gyroplane) was involved in an accident near Roseburg, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 28, 2020
- Place
- Roseburg, OR
- Aircraft
- Csp Leasing Llc Cavalon · Gyroplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.117°N, 123.310°W
- NTSB ID
- 20200528X01752
Official records · WPR20LA155
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 28, 2020, about 1410 Pacific daylight time, a CSP Leasing Cavalon rotorcraft, N477AG, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Roseburg, Oregon. The pilot was fatally injured. The gyrocopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a family member, on May 27th, the pilot flew the gyrocopter from Petaluma, California, where it had just been repaired due to an accident the pilot had the previous summer, to Myrtle Creek Municipal Airport (16S), Myrtle Creek, Oregon. The following morning the pilot added 15 gallons of ethanol-free fuel prior to departing for Shelton, Washington. He subsequently departed 16S to the northwest about 1355, with a family member following by automobile. A witness to the accident, about 7 nautical miles (nm) north of 16S, observed the gyrocopter flying over his property at an estimated altitude between 1,500 ft above ground level (agl) and 2,000 ft agl. The witness further reported that shortly thereafter he heard the engine "sputter", followed by what he described as a “loud noise”, as if something had come off the aircraft. He stated that the aircraft "tumbled out of the sky straight own” before it impacted terrain and caught fire. A second witness, a retired military flight mechanic, reported he was outside and heard the noise of a helicopter, which caused him to immediately look up “…because it did not sound right,” and that he “knew the sound of a helicopter when it was about to crash.” He stated that the helicopter was about 1,000 ft agl, and that he could
Probable cause
A substantially unweighted rotor system for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in contact between the main rotor blade and the gyrocopter’s keel tube and a loss of control and impact with terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
