# Keb Bensen Hydrocopter B-8MW

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 130074M
- Manufacturer (registry): KEB BENSEN HYDROCOPTER
- Model: B-8MW
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 45 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/keb-bensen-hydrocopter-b-8mw

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 LAX71FUA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUA20), Oct 2, 1970: Bensen B-8MW (N6113), Long Beach, CA, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to aircraft with this model.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Bensen Gyrocopter B-8MW](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-gyrocopter-b-8mw): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 130071K
- [ECN Bensen Hydrocopter B-8MW](https://openairdocs.org/model/ecn-bensen-hydrocopter-b-8mw): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 130073D
- [Sapanas-Benson Gyrocopter B-8M-W](https://openairdocs.org/model/sapanas-benson-gyrocopter-b-8m-w): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 130077L
- [Harlan Gage B-8MW](https://openairdocs.org/model/harlan-gage-b-8mw): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 13007HD
- [Bensen B-8MW](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-b-8mw): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 13007TK
- [Schmeisser B-8MW](https://openairdocs.org/model/schmeisser-b-8mw): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 1301042

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