# NTSB GAA25WA189: Bensen B8M, Taghmon, Ireland, June 21, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 21, 2025
- Place: Taghmon, Ireland
- Coordinates: 52.29758, -6.6818 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.2976&lon=-6.6818&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: AAIU
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200366/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA189

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-BSG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B8M
- Category: Gyroplane
- Engines: McCollouch 4318 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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