The Missing Rotor Blade Was Discovered In A Wooded Area About 312 Feet East-Northeast From The Main Wreckage
On July 30, 2022, about 1005 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Tango 2 gyroplane, N8680G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Melrose, Florida. The flight instructor and pilot under instruction, were fatally injured. The gyroplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. On the day of the accident, the flight instructor and pilot under instruction departed Melrose Landing Airport (FD22), Hawthorne, Florida at an unknown time. After the departure from FD22, witnesses observed the gyroplane flying around the local area, with one witness observing and
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