- Date
- June 16, 1986, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Adelanto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2522Bensen-Jansen B-8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860616024959A
- Case key
- 24945
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmission
Planning/decision - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Altitude - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
The acft collided with power lines crossing the airstrip at midfield and crashed on the rwy. A witness stated that the plt had been briefed on the pwr lines prior to the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2522
- Reported as
- Bensen-Jansen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 317
- Airframe hours
- 740
- Engine
- unknown UNK, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell W. Jansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- 07 · Kenzel Ranch, runway 27, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.