- Date
- May 16, 1972
- Place
- Wiscnsin Rpds, WI · WISCNSIN RPDS, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2362Bensen B-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0172 72/5/16 WISCNSIN RPDS,WIS BENSEN B-8 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 28, 11 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N2362 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDER FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WISCONSIN RAPIDS,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- R AIR INTAKE STACK SEPRTD,HIT PROP.21IN SEC OF PROP SEPRTD,PLT LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2362
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Alexander Fld
N2362Registration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Bensen B-8Airframe modelBensen B-8Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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