# NTSB Accident DFW05CA163
> **CarterCopter LLC CarterCopter** · 2005-06-17 · Olney, TX, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DFW05CA163
- **Event ID:** 20050802X01139
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-06-17
- **Location:** Olney, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.350555, -98.751663
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CarterCopter LLC
- **Model:** CarterCopter
- **Registration:** N121CC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inability to maintain control of the gyrocraft during a forced landing as a result of a loss of cyclic and collective control.  Contributing factors were the sheared propeller drive pulley bolts, broken wire on the co-pilots cyclic boost control solenoid, failure of the ballistic parachute to deploy, and the lack of suitable terrain for forced landing.

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