- Date
- September 14, 1982, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Walls, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2311EBenson B8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820914046569A
- Case key
- 72950
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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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after he took off and climbed to about 100 ft AGL, he tried to turn, but found he had no control of the aircraft. He then reduced the power and crash landed into a soybean field. An examination of the wreckage revealed that the lower left control push rod attaching bolt was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2311E
- Reported as
- Benson B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 32363
- Airframe hours
- 13
- Engine
- Mcculloch 99, 35 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joan R. Reese
- Registered owner
- Joan R. Reese
- Departed
- Walls, MS
- Destination
- Walls, MS
- Airport
- Delta Flying Service, runway 18, 2,500 × 35 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 6 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 190 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.