# Incident 20000701020519I: Amtr BENSEN820B, Ebensburg, PA, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 14:10 local time
- Place: Ebensburg, PA
- Airport: Ebensburg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 40.4613° N, 78.7753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EBENSBURG (9G8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4613&lon=-78.7753&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BENSEN820B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701020519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE WAS DERIVED FROM AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION AND INTERVIEW OF THE OPERATOR BY PERSONNEL OF THE ALLEGHENY FSDO. DURING TAXI OPERATIONS ON A GRASS RUNWAY, A HOMEBUILT GYROCOPTER HIT A RUNWAY SIDE MARKER (55 GAL. DRUM CUT IN HALF) AND FLIPPED OVER.  AIRCRAFT MAIN ROTOR SUPPORT BROKEN, MAIN ROTOR DAMAGED, AND PROPELLER WAS BROKEN.  OPERATOR SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.  OPERATOR STATED HE HAD NO INTENT TO FLY, JUST GETTING USED TO HANDLING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND.  OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ULTRALIGHT AND THAT HE REQUIRED NO FORMAL TRAINING OF LICENSE.  HE SAID HE READ BOOKS AND HAD VIEWED SEVERAL VIDEOS.  HE FELT EVENTUALLY HE WOULD BE ABLE TO THE FLY THE AIRCRAFT.

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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