- Date
- June 10, 1986, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N632XBenson B-8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860610027169A
- Case key
- 21972
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed out of control after the eng stopped during a landing approach, the acft had almost completed the 1st pattern around the field when the eng stopped. Investigation revealed a 1/4 inch nylon rope wrapped and tied around the rotor blade about 30 inches from the tip. This was a part of the rope that the plt had used to tie the rotor down while the acft was not being operated. The rope appeared to have slipped down the blade from the hub area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N632X
- Reported as
- Benson B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JM1
- Engine
- Mcculloch 4318A, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Windrow Lee Riggins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1985
- Departed
- 3R5 · Fnew Braufels, TX
- Airport
- 3R5 · New Braunfels
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.