- Date
- September 11, 1981
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM · CARLSBAD, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4218ZBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810911062549A
- Case key
- 123736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1963 81/9/11 CARLSBAD,NM BENSEN B8M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 112 TIME - 1000 N4218Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAVERN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND UNUSUAL NOISE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- AIR CLEANER SEPARATED,DMGD PROP.LNDD IN CANYON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4218Z
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cavern City
N4218ZRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Canion James L BENSEN B8MAirframe modelCanion James L BENSEN B8M
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.