- Date
- February 14, 1980
- Place
- Quapaw, OK · QUAPAW, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- NONEBensen Gyro
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0149 80/2/14 QUAPAW,OK BENSEN GYRO CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1400 NONE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUAPAW,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR,HOLLY 12R-4328B,FLOAT ARM FOUND BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Bensen Gyro
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed