# Accident 19810822051109A: Amtrbx BENSENB8*, Hixson, TN, August 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1981, 08:10 local time
- Place: Hixson, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1406° N, 85.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hixson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1406&lon=-85.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3815 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8*
- Reported engine: AMTRMC O1001MCCULCH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKW24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKW24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822051109A

## Narrative

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

GYROCOPTER CRASHED INTO TREES DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 ATL81FKW24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKW24), Aug 22, 1981: Bensen B8 (N3815), Hixson, TN, destroyed

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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