- Date
- June 9, 1973
- Place
- Amelia, OH · AMELIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14439Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730609015029A
- Case key
- 190407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1353 73/6/9 AMELIA,OHIO BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N14439 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMPHRIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMELIA,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BROKEN FUEL LINE FITTING.GYROCOPTER BOUNCED THROUGH BRUSH AND HIGH WEED WHICH CAUSED ROLL OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14439
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Humphries
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.