- Date
- December 12, 1966
- Place
- Dowagiac, MI · DOWAGIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24133Bensen B8-M
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1174 66/12/12 DOWAGIAC MICH BENSEN B8-M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N24133 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASS COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LDG GR WAS MORE RIGID THAN DESIGN INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIED.BLADE FAILD DOWNWRD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24133
- Reported as
- Bensen B8-M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cass County
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