- Date
- February 17, 1974
- Place
- Wind Lake, WI · WIND LAKE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2473Bensen B8MV
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740217003169A
- Case key
- 187115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0214 74/2/17 WIND LAKE,WIS BENSEN B8MV CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N2473 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKSVILLE,WIS WIND LAKE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- CONVERTED VOLKSWAGEN ENGINE. LOOSE AND UNCONTROLLABLE SKI DUG INTO SNOW. A/C OVERTURNED UPON LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2473
- Reported as
- Bensen B8MV
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hunt Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.