# Accident 19790617014309A: Amtrbx BENSEN8M, Paso Robles, CA, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6729° N, 120.6271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PASO ROBLES MUNI (PRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6729&lon=-120.6271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1450 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSEN8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 259 total, 1 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVM27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790617014309A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN ALTITUDE DURING INITIAL CLIMB. ROLLED OVER, WENT STRAIGHT INTO GROUND

## 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 LAX79FVM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVM27), Jun 17, 1979: Bensen B8M (N1450), Paso Robles, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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