19800914041819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrbx BENSENB8M · Franksville, WI · September 14, 1980

Date
September 14, 1980 · 15:35 local
Place
Franksville, WI
Airport
Hunt
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N37512
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FEP55
Reported as
Amtrbx BENSENB8M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates pilots oversized boot heal jammed rudder. Abrupt control used to free boot caused rotor to sever rudder.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOTS OVERSIZED BOOT HEAL JAMMED RUDDER. ABRUPT CONTROL USED TO FREE BOOT CAUSED ROTOR TO SEVER RUDDER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.