# NTSB LAX68A0046: Bensen B8M, N7107, Chula Vista, CA, November 5, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1967
- Place: Chula Vista, CA · CHULA VISTA, CA
- Location: 32.6400° N, 117.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chula Vista, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6400&lon=-117.0842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0840   67/11/5   CHULA VISTA,CALIF   BENSEN B8M          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 252
        TIME - 1030                    N7107               PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- ACFT WAS OBSERVED PORPOISING IN FLIGHT,ROTOR STRUCK RUDDER AND PROP.PLT POWERED GYRO TIME-1 HR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7107](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7107-1967-11-05), registration cancelled 1967-11-05, S/N 711, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B8M
- Registry model: [Bensen Gyrocopter BM8](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-gyrocopter-bm8) (registry code 13007U0) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Brown Field

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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