Autogyro Certification Ltd CAVALON

The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A gyroplane with a composite cabin on a stainless-steel mast. The design is held under 1 type certificate (Q00011NY, held by Autogyro Certification Limited). The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about rotorcraft systems.

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.