What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Gyrocopter crashed after attempting downwind takeoff.
As the FAA filed it
GYROCOPTER CRASHED AFTER ATTEMPTING DOWNWIND TAKEOFF.
FAA incident report · Amtrbx BENSEN8M · Norwood, MA · August 2, 1980
- Date
- August 2, 1980 · 15:10 local
- Place
- Norwood, MA
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N45G
- Reported as
- Amtrbx BENSEN8M
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,700 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N45GRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.