- Date
- December 6, 1980
- Place
- Spring Lake, NC · SPRING LAKE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8053YBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801206082539A
- Case key
- 127796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3119 80/12/6 SPRING LAKE,NC BENSEN B8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N8053Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING LAKE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- SLOWED DWN DRG TKOF WHILE PEOPLE MOVED,LOST ROTOR RPM.UN TO OBTAIN ROTOR RPM ON RMNG RWY.HIT STUMP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8053Y
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grass Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
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