- Date
- November 19, 1979
- Place
- Sand Springs, OK · SAND SPRINGS, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6933Benson B8M
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2949 79/11/19 SAND SPRINGS,OK BENSON B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 30, 2 TIME - 1645 N6933 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLES NEST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAND SPRINGS,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6933
- Reported as
- Benson B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eagles Nest
N6933Registration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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