# Accident 19790819030449A: Amtrbx BENSEN8M, Fayetteville, TN, August 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, TN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1502° N, 86.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1502&lon=-86.5623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86531, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86531-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Karrels BENSEN B-8M (registry code 13021Q2, https://openairdocs.org/model/karrels-bensen-b-8m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100 (registry code 43101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mcculloch-4318a-e-0-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSEN8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 585 total, 15 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790819030449A

## Narrative

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

GYROCOPTER PILOT STRUCK POWERLINES WHILE MANEUVERING AT AN UNSAFE ALTITUDE. WIRES HIDDEN BY TREES.

## 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 IAD79FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA067), Aug 19, 1979: Benson R8M (N86531), Fayetteville, TN, 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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