Milliken GYROCOPTER B-80 N202M

Summary

On 10 May 1986 at about 20:30 local time, a Milliken GYROCOPTER B-80 registered N202M was involved in an accident near Suffolk, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 May 1986 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Suffolk, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

36.6997, -76.6307

Aircraft

Milliken GYROCOPTER B-80

Registration

N202M

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Suffolk → Portsmouth

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO86FID08

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO A PLT WITNESS THE ACCIDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO COMPENSATE FOR AN INCREASE IN WIND VELOCITY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE WITNESS STATED THE PLT ENTERED A STEEP DIVE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INCREASE LIFT FOLLOWED BY THE GYROCOPTER BALLOONING DUE TO THE INCREASE IN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED FROM THE DIVE. THE GRYOCOPTER THEN NOSED OVER AND THE ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE RUDDER. THE GYROCOPTER THEN DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED TO GROUND IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.