# Accident 19840901049609A: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Murrieta, CA, September 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1984, 18:03 local time
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Airport: Thompson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5649° N, 117.2399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Thompson Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5649&lon=-117.2399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8474 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBX BENSENB8M
- Reported engine: AMTRMC O1001MCCULCH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FUG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FUG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840901049609A

## Narrative

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

AFTER CIRCLING AIRPORT GYROCOPTER DESCENDED AND STRUCK GROUND. NO MEDICAL OR RATING. FLYING WHILE INTOXICATED.

## 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 LAX84FUG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FUG02), Sep 2, 1984: Phaneuf B8 MOD Gyro (N8474), Murrieta, CA, 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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