- Date
- April 30, 1972
- Place
- Middlefield, OH · MIDDLEFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5667Bensen B8
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0170 72/4/30 MIDDLEFIELD,OHIO BENSEN B8 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 47, 76 TOTAL TIME - 1540 N5667 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEAUGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLEFIELD,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT HAD NO FLT TIME RECORDED SINCE NOV 26,1971. ACFT HAD VW ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5667
- Reported as
- Bensen B8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Geauga County
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