- Date
- January 3, 1981
- Place
- Katy, TX · KATY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9037QBensen R-8M
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810103000169A
- Case key
- 127133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0093 81/1/3 KATY,TX BENSEN R-8M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE TIME - 1500 N9037Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KATY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9037Q
- Reported as
- Bensen R-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- King
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.