# NTSB CHI82FEG04: Bently B8M, N2774L, Williamsburg, OH, August 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Williamsburg, OH
- Location: 39.0580° N, 84.0483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamsburg, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0580&lon=-84.0483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73053
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FEG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73053/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEG04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2774L-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N JHC-375 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENTLY B8M
- Registry model: [Cochran John H JHC GYRO PLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/cochran-john-h-jhc-gyro-plane) (registry code 1301554) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: JHC375
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820828042119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820828042119A), Aug 28, 1982: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Williamsburg, OH, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed gyroplane to crash into wires and trees. Pilot had not been endorsed for solo.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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