- Date
- March 24, 1968
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N291MMcbee AM B8
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110633
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0008 68/3/24 BUCKHANNON,W VA MCBEE AM B8 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 38, 0 TIME - 1200 N291M PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER REMARKS- WENT INTO DITCH WHILE TAXIING ON RD.PLT THROWN OUT,HIT BY PROP,DIED 3/26/68.NO SEAT BELT INSTALLED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N291M
- Reported as
- Mcbee AM B8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis
N291MRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 1971 · Mcbee GYROCOPTERAirframe modelMcbee GYROCOPTEREngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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.