19821001050409A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrbx BENSENB8* · Mt Vernon, OH · October 1, 1982

Date
October 1, 1982 · 16:40 local
Place
Mt Vernon, OH
Airport
Wynkoop
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9985F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83LA001
Reported as
Amtrbx BENSENB8*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
108 total108 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed hard bounced and flipped over. Gyrocopter destroyed when rotors hit the ground.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED HARD BOUNCED AND FLIPPED OVER. GYROCOPTER DESTROYED WHEN ROTORS HIT THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.