- Date
- August 13, 1984, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gross Ile, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4453DLindsay Davis Benson B8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840813040189A
- Case key
- 12739
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Analysis
The student pilot was in the airport traffic pattern when he noticed the eng cylinder head temp exceeding the red line. He attempted to lower the temp by reducing the eng RPM but could not maintain alt. The pilot maneuvered the acft toward the airport and at aprx 1000 ft from the rwy, the end quit. The pilot executed an emergency landing in the water. Examination of the eng after the accident revealed a scorched cyclinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4453D
- Reported as
- Lindsay Davis Benson B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 367588998
- Engine
- Mcculloch 4318A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lindsay C. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 2G5 · Grosse Ile, MI
- Airport
- 2G5 · Grosse Ile
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.