- Date
- June 27, 1965
- Place
- Morrisville, NC · MORRISVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- CF-SKRBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0009 65/6/27 MORRISVILLE NC BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1205 CF-SKR PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALIEGH-DURHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT-MADE STEEP PULLUP AND PUSHOVER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED IN PUSHOVER AFTER CLIMB
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-SKR
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Raliegh-Durham