# Accident 19780531013339A: Schzow MODELB, New Hudson, MI, May 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1978
- Place: New Hudson, MI
- Airport: New Hudson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 42.5109° N, 83.6155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Hudson, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5109&lon=-83.6155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6889 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHZOW MODELB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 5 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEC33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEC33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780531013339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT HAD NO GYROPLANE RATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI78DEC33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEC33), May 31, 1978: Bensen Gyro B8-M (N6889), New Hudson, MI, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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