- Date
- July 26, 1968
- Place
- Leesburg, VA · LEESBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2090Bensen Bowles
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2502 68/7/26 LEESBURG,VA BENSEN BOWLES CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 2 TOTAL TIME - 1447 N2090 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2090
- Reported as
- Bensen Bowles
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2090Registration cancelled Feb 8, 2019 · Bowles B-8MAirframe modelBowles B-8MEngine 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.