# Accident 19811225082509A: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Sandin, Puerto Rico, December 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sandin, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Tortuguero
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4852° N, 66.4113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandin, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4852&lon=-66.4113&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4627 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82DKA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DKA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811225082509A

## Narrative

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

MADE ABRUPT MANUEVERS WITH GYROCOPTER. ROTOR STRUCK THE RUDDER. WENT INTO A SPIN. CRASHED IN OCEAN.

## 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 MIA82DKA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DKA04), Dec 25, 1981: Bensen B-8M (N4627), Sandin, PR, destroyed, 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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