# Incident 19790916023409I: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Freeport, IL, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Freeport, IL
- Airport: Albertus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2461° N, 89.5820° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERTUS (FEP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2461&lon=-89.5820&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26015, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26015-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wills BENSEN B-8M (registry code 13021H8, https://openairdocs.org/model/wills-bensen-b-8m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 23 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916023409I

## Narrative

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

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE AND WIND CAUSED GYROCOPTER TO TIP DURING SHARP TAXI TURN. MACHINE DAMAGED, PILOT'S ARM BROKEN.

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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