- Date
- April 20, 1969
- Place
- Middletown, OH · MIDDLETOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1493Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1273 69/4/20 MIDDLETOWN,OHIO BENSEN B-8M CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 71, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1540 N1493 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO NOSE OVER SHARPLY AT APROX 45 DEG ANGLE AND DIVE TO THE GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1493
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hook
N1493Registration cancelled Sep 22, 1971 · Warner James E SR BENSEN B8MAirframe modelWarner James E SR BENSEN B8M
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