- Date
- November 29, 1980
- Place
- Sherrill, AR · SHERRILL, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3790KBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801129074659A
- Case key
- 128341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2944 80/11/29 SHERRILL,AR BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, UNK/NR TIME - 1600 N3790K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHERRILL,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- NOSED OVR IN FLT.MARKS ON PROP,ROTOR MATCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3790K
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anderson
N3790KRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Kindrick Louie L B-8MAirframe modelKindrick Louie L B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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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.