- Date
- October 2, 1970
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6113Bensen B-8MW
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4529 70/10/2 LONG BEACH,CALIF BENSEN B-8MW CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 2500 TIME - 1201 N6113 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF NO FLT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HI SPEED TAXI TEST OF SINGLE FLOAT ACFT. BECAME AIRBORNE,ACFT PITCHED FORWARD.UNABLE TO CTL. SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6113
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8MW
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6113Registration cancelled Feb 10, 1971 · Keb Bensen Hydrocopter B-8MWAirframe modelKeb Bensen Hydrocopter B-8MW
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