- Date
- October 22, 1966
- Place
- Morrisville, NC · MORRISVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4683SBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1006 66/10/22 MORRISVILLE NC BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 3000 TIME - 1135 N4683S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH-DURHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- PLT.PORPOISED ACFT AT HI SPEED.ZERO G CONDITION CAUSED LOSS OF BLADE CONING ACTION.HIT GRND INVRTD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4683S
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Raleigh-Durham
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