- Date
- April 4, 1969
- Place
- Eagle River, AK · EAGLE RIVER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1443Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184264
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1424 69/4/4 EAGLE RIVER,ALAS BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 1 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N1443 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FIRE LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO CONTROL ACFT DURING TURN.FIRST TURN PLT HAD ATTEMPTED IN GYROPLANE.ENDORSED FOR SOLO
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1443
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fire Lake
N1443Registration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.