- Date
- May 31, 1978
- Place
- New Hudson, MI · NEW HUDSON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6889Bensen Gyro B8-M
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780531013339A
- Case key
- 141267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1415 78/5/31 NEW HUDSON,MI BENSEN GYRO B8-M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 61, 393 TIME - 1000 N6889 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW HUDSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HUDSON,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOT HAD NO GYROPLANE RATING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6889
- Reported as
- Bensen Gyro B8-M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New Hudson
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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.