# Accident 19800620019989A: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Frederick, OK, June 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Frederick, OK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3500° N, 98.9880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frederick, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3500&lon=-98.9880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4355, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4355-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Linville BENSEN B-8M (registry code 13007WM, https://openairdocs.org/model/linville-bensen-b-8m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FPJ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPJ24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800620019989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMING STEEP TURNS AND DIVES, ROTOR BLADE SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT AND CRASH OCCURRED.

## 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 FTW80FPJ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPJ24), Jun 20, 1980: Benson B8M (N4355), Frederick, OK, 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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