- Date
- June 16, 1983, 20:15 local (Jun 17, 1983, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wendover, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N67037Bensen B-8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616026629A
- Case key
- 16024
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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
The gyrocopter collided with a powerline at 29 ft AGL. The pilot took off from a road and in proceeding along the road collided with the wires. The pilot was seriously injured. His student pilot certificate had expired in dec. 1979. Due tohis injuries no pilot report was submitted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67037
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RG-14
- Engine
- Mcculloch 4318, 72 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Gene Rush
- Departed
- Knolls, UT
- Destination
- ENV · Wendover, UT
- Airport
- ENV · Wendover
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
- 38
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.