- Date
- April 6, 1967
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1400Bensen B-8-M
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0139 67/4/6 CORONA,CALIF BENSEN B-8-M CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 200 TIME - 1120 N1400 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.2 PISTON HEAD AND WALL MELTED.115/145 OCTANE FUEL REQUIRED-120/138 USED.LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1400
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8-M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corona
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