- Date
- August 22, 1981
- Place
- Hixson, TN · HIXSON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3815Bensen B8
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810822051109A
- Case key
- 124683
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2112 81/8/22 HIXSON,TN BENSEN B8 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 68 TOTAL TIME - 0810 N3815 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALLAS BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIXSON,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 1 CYLINDER PARTIALLY SEIZED,EVIDENCE OF DETONATION.PLT TURNED DNWIND WITHOUT POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3815
- Reported as
- Bensen B8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dallas Bay
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.