- Date
- September 11, 1977
- Place
- Montague, MI · MONTAGUE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- NONEBenson Gyro
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2651 77/9/11 MONTAGUE,MI BENSON GYRO CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 52, 113 TIME - 1735 NONE PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTIGER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTAGUE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BENSON GYROPLANE MODIFIED WITH MCCULLOCH MOTORS AF MODEL 0-100-1. #4 PISTON RINGS SIEZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Benson Gyro
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottiger