- Date
- August 28, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Williamsburg, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2774LBently B8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820828042119A
- Case key
- 73053
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After takeoff the acft climbed to about 250 ft AGL & then made a gradual shallow 180 deg left turn heading back toward the strip. It gradually started loosing altitude without any noticable variations or disruptions in its flt path when it clipped the trees & power lines. The 6 hrs in make/model does not reflect actual flt times but rather is the total amount of training time accumulated going up & down the rwy practicing pilot/aircraft controlability prior to his first solo flt. There was no CFI endorsement for this flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2774L
- Reported as
- Bently B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JHC375
- Engine
- Mcculloch 4318A, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Cochran
- Registered owner
- John Cochran
- Departed
- Williamsburg, OH
- Destination
- Williamsburg, OH
- Airport
- Hutchinson Private, runway 6, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9 total · 6 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.