# NTSB CHI69F0586: Bensen B-8M, N1493, Middletown, OH, April 20, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 20, 1969
- Place: Middletown, OH · MIDDLETOWN, OH
- Location: 39.5030° N, 84.3649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5030&lon=-84.3649&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0586
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0586

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1493-1971-09-22), registration cancelled 1971-09-22, S/N R724821 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B-8M
- Registry model: [Warner James E SR BENSEN B8M](https://openairdocs.org/model/warner-james-e-sr-bensen-b8m) (registry code 05638FC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hook

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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