- Date
- July 20, 1969
- Place
- Ionia, MI · IONIA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1057Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2232 69/7/20 IONIA,MICH BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 120 TIME - 1445 N1057 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM FAIRGROUND.NOSED OVER AT END OF T/O RUN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1057
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1057Registration cancelled May 16, 2013 · Bensen BVW-3Airframe modelBensen BVW-3Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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