# NTSB CHI72FEI40: Bensen B8, N5667, Middlefield, OH, April 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 30, 1972
- Place: Middlefield, OH · MIDDLEFIELD, OH
- Location: 41.4605° N, 81.0712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middlefield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4605&lon=-81.0712&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 20, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165879
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEI40
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEI40

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0170  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5667-1973-09-13), registration cancelled 1973-09-13, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B8
- Registry model: [Bensen MODIFIED](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-modified) (registry code 13007TY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Geauga County

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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