# Accident 19800914041819A: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Franksville, WI, September 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1980, 15:35 local time
- Place: Franksville, WI
- Airport: Hunt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7600° N, 87.9134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franksville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7600&lon=-87.9134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37512 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEP55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800914041819A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI80FEP55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP55), Sep 14, 1980: Bensen B-8M (N37512), Franksville, WI, substantial damage, 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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