# Accident 19810905055849A: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Lancaster, SC, September 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, SC
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7240° N, 80.7793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7240&lon=-80.7793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4745S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4745S-2006-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bensen B-8M (registry code 1300516, https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-b-8m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100 (registry code 43101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mcculloch-4318a-e-0-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Reported engine: AMTRMC O1001MCCULCH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 472 total, 472 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810905055849A

## Narrative

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

GYROPLANE CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING  WHEN ENGINE QUIT DURING TEST FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL81FLG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLG22), Sep 5, 1981: Bensen B8M (N4745S), Lancaster, SC, 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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