Date:
| 15-JUL-2016 | |
| Time: | 19:00+ |
| Type: | TAG Toevs Titanium Explorer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N556XT |
| C/n / msn: | TX007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | northeast of Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mfr's private field |
The gyrocopter, an experimental Toevs built Titanium Explorer, crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Emergency-crews-respond-to-possible-plane-crash-in-Butler-Co-387040331.html
http://www.littleapplepost.com/2016/07/16/kansas-man-dies-in-gyrocopter-crash/
http://gyroaccidents.blogspot.com
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=556XT
http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/attachment.php?s=d9a5be68079cac9d68e2b8fecc9aec2a&attachmentid=121905&d=1453088969
http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44022&page=3
http://tagaviation.com.au
Owner
| TOEVS JAMES L - TOEVS CHRISTINE F G |
|
| Co-Owned | |
| 24 Mar 2015 | |
| 14075 NW 110TH ST WHITEWATER, KS, 671548865 US |
|
| N-Number Assigned and Registered |
Airframe
| 2015 | |
| 2 | |
| 24 Mar 2015 | |
| Not Type Certificated | |
| 0 | |
| Rotorcraft | |
| Land | |
| 04 May 2015 | |
| 51613724 |
Engines
| 1 | |
| ROTAX | |
| 4 Cycle | |
| 914UL | |
| 00115 | |
| 0 |