- Date
- March 18, 1971
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9754Bensen B-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0788 71/3/18 TEHACHAPI,CALIF BENSEN B-8 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 575 TIME - 1500 N9754 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLIDAY HAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEHACHAPI,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT FELL TO GND DURG DWNWND TURN AT LO ALT AND AIRSPEED. PLT SAID ROTOR SPEED BLO 250 RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9754
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Holiday Haven
N9754Registration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Murl Dezotell B-8MAirframe modelMurl Dezotell B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.