- Date
- May 11, 1974
- Place
- Cerrillos, NM · CERRILLOS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N24836Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740511011499A
- Case key
- 186256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0935 74/5/11 NR.CERRILLOS,N MEX BENSEN B-8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 53 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N24836 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CERRILLOS,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24836
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N24836Registration cancelled Jun 24, 1974 · Robinson ROBINSON B-8MAirframe modelRobinson ROBINSON B-8M
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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.