- Date
- February 3, 1975
- Place
- Amelia, OH · AMELIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14421Bensen B-8V
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750203001949A
- Case key
- 132444
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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 75/2/3 AMELIA,OH BENSEN B-8V CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N14421 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMPHRIES ROTOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMELIA,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- GYROCOPTER WAS EQUIPPED WITH A VW 1800 ENGINE.PLT-INDUCED OSCILLATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14421
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8V
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Humphries Rotor
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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.