- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Mt Vernon, IN · MT VERNON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6120Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3012 68/8/30 MT VERNON,IND BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 53 TOTAL TIME - 0915 N6120 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT VERNON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT ADJUSTED CARB.TOO LEAN MIXTURE CAUSED OVERHEATING.ACFT SETTLED,AIR SPEED INADEQUATE FOR LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6120
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Vernon
N6120Registration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Curtis B-8MAirframe modelCurtis B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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.