- Date
- June 30, 1968
- Place
- Raleigh, NC · RALEIGH, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1253Bensen Hatch
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2339 68/6/30 RALEIGH,NC BENSEN HATCH CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N1253 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH-DURHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1253
- Reported as
- Bensen Hatch
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Raleigh-Durham
N1253Registration cancelled Feb 24, 1971 · Hatch-Bensen GYROCOPTERAirframe modelHatch-Bensen GYROCOPTER
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