# Incident 19791230035849I: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Lake Wales, FL, December 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1979, 09:55 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9203° N, 81.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Wales, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9203&lon=-81.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5653, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5653-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evans BENSEN B-8MG (registry code 1301901, https://openairdocs.org/model/evans-bensen-b-8mg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 1 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/19791230035849I

## Narrative

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

GYROCOPTER CRASHED AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE UNINTENTIONALLY.

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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