- Date
- June 27, 1970
- Place
- Hemet, CA · HEMET, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6251Bensen B8-M
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 2010
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0905 70/6/27 HEMET,CALIF BENSEN B8-M CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 0 TOTAL TIME - 0915 N6251 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEMET-RYAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEMET,CALIF HEMET,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- OVER CONTROLLED DURING RECOVERY FROM STEEP CLIMB.ROTOR SLOWED DOWN,FLAPPED.PLTS 1ST FLT,5 MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6251
- Reported as
- Bensen B8-M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hemet-Ryan
N6251Registration cancelled May 15, 2019 · Kilchriste BENSEN B8MAirframe modelKilchriste BENSEN B8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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