- Date
- January 28, 1967
- Place
- Chino, CA · CHINO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9677ZBensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0030 67/1/28 CHINO CALIF BENSEN B-8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N9677Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL-ROTOR SPINDLE NOT MADE TO SPECIFICATIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- BUILDER OF N9677Z NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9677Z
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chino
N9677ZRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Bensen B-8Airframe modelBensen B-8Engine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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