- Date
- June 23, 1971
- Place
- Delphi, IN · DELPHI, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6661Bensen B8-M
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2497 71/6/23 DELPHI,IND BENSEN B8-M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 112 TIME - 1545 N6661 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 99 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCKPORT,ILL ALEXANDRIA,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- A CON ROD FAILED,ENG SIEZED,PROP SEPRTD,PLT LNDD ACFT 45DEG TO FURROWS IN PLWD FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6661
- Reported as
- Bensen B8-M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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