Fly safe everyone

[loftus]

Is it just my impression or has there been a spike in the number of gyro accidents lately, involving both experienced and inexperienced pilots and every type of gyro. From preflight to tiedown, fly safe everybody.

 

[WaspAir]

And add 50 feet to your planned altitude today for the wires you missed visually so you can also miss them physically.

 

[RogerB]

Stay high and carry speed, practice motor outs and get your landings to where you have minimal if any ground roll. If you need to fly low, scope
VERY well from higher and be 1000% sure there’s no wires on your route.
That and get your shit together with blade sailing/blade flap prevention

That’s my take aways for accident prevention from what I’ve seen lately. I posted a reply to one of the accidents that said the same thing you observed, really sucks to see so many accidents, I agree.

 

[Abid]

Is it just my impression or has there been a spike in the number of gyro accidents lately, involving both experienced and inexperienced pilots and every type of gyro. From preflight to tiedown, fly safe everybody.

Yeah, everyone a very preventable accident unfortunately. Generally, people outside the category will keep thinking gyroplanes are dangerous but the reality is it isn't the machine.

 

[TyroGyro]

Is it just my impression or has there been a spike in the number of gyro accidents lately, involving both experienced and inexperienced pilots and every type of gyro.

I wouldn't get hung up on it. It's perception, not reality.

Accidents can happen in clusters through simple randomness. [and, conversely, no-one says: "hey, we haven't seen an accident in 6 months, so gyros must be getting safer..."]

I tend to update accident information here in "batches", including final reports, etc. for years-old accidents. From time to time, that over-dramatises the reality to the casual observer.

For the "Big Three" [AG, Magni, ELA] there is no doubt that the global fatal accident rate is in long-term decline.

I would like to think that our discussions of accidents here have perhaps saved a life or two...