- Date
- March 1, 1975
- Place
- Ocotillo Wells, CA · OCOTILLO WELLS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47798Bensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750301003519A
- Case key
- 147959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0292 75/3/1 OCOTILLO WELLS,CA BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 142 TIME - 1450 N47798 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCOTILL0 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCOTILLO WELLS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47798
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocotill0
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.