- Date
- August 4, 1982, 00:13 local (04:13 UTC)
- Place
- Suffolk, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- NONEBenson B8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72750
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
Inadequate training
Analysis
The pilot stated that he was practicing high speed taxi with occasional lift off and landing. He stated that on this lift off the aircraft was approximately 25 feet off the ground when he lost control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Benson B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Mcculloch, 36 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Eric Koberg
- Registered owner
- Eric Koberg
- Departed
- Suffolk, VA
- Destination
- Suffolk, VA
- Airport
- Suffolk, runway 36, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 10 total · 10 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F