- Date
- September 2, 1967
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4971Bensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114880
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0429 67/9/2 NEW ORLEANS,LA BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N4971 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- ACFT MADE ABRUPT PULL-UP FOLLOWED BY ABRUPT PUSH-OVER.ROTOR BLADES STRUCK PROP AND RUDDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4971
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
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