- Date
- April 7, 1966
- Place
- Wilmington, NC · WILMINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4682SBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172974
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0196 66/4/7 WILMINGTON NC BENSEN B8M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N4682S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4682S
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4682SRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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Other investigations on N4682S · 1
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