- Date
- September 5, 1981
- Place
- Lancaster, SC · LANCASTER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4745SBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810905055849A
- Case key
- 124562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1891 81/9/5 LANCASTER,SC BENSEN B8M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 472 TIME - 1500 N4745S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT PIN ON HOLLY CARB,P/N34R-4329A,CAME OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4745S
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lancaster
N4745SRegistration cancelled Mar 3, 2006 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.