# Accident 19820909045479A: Amtrbx BENSEN8M, Zilwaukee, MI, September 9, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1982, 13:00 local time
- Place: Zilwaukee, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4836° N, 83.9245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zilwaukee, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4836&lon=-83.9245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9463A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9463A-2013-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Porlas-Ralph BENSEN (registry code 1300126, https://openairdocs.org/model/porlas-ralph-bensen) (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 BENSEN8M
- Reported engine: AMTR 4318AMCCULCH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 63 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909045479A

## Narrative

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

GYROCOPTER CRASHED 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 CHI82DA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA349), Sep 9, 1982: Bensen BM8 (N9463A), Zilwauker, MI, 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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