- Date
- August 28, 1966
- Place
- Dale Robertsn, TX · DALE ROBERTSN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12126Bensen B8
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0731 66/8/28 NR.DALE ROBERTSN TEX BENSEN B8 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N12126 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODLAND SHORES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE TOO NEAR END OF LAKE DURING WATER TAXI PRACTICE.TURNED DOWN WIND-ATTEMPTED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12126
- Reported as
- Bensen B8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodland Shores
N12126Registration cancelled Jul 14, 1980 · Mcdaniel-Bensen GYROCOPTER B-8MAirframe modelMcdaniel-Bensen GYROCOPTER B-8M
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.