- Date
- March 2, 1969
- Place
- Litchfld Pk, AZ · LITCHFLD PK, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2553Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0945 69/3/2 LITCHFLD PK,ARIZ BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE TIME - 1230 N2553 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, 5 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED PORPOISING AT APROX 50 FT ALT,LOSING ALT UNTIL IT STRUCK THE RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2553
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Luke
N2553Registration cancelled Sep 3, 1970 · Hummel Bensen GYROCOPTERAirframe modelHummel Bensen GYROCOPTER
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