- Date
- May 18, 1969
- Place
- Brooksville, FL · BROOKSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1074Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1979 69/5/18 BROOKSVILLE,FLA BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1059 N1074 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERNANDO COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 115 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DOWN WIND TURN AT LOW ALT,PLT LOWERED NOSE TO INCREASE ROTOR SPEED,WIND DRIFTED ACFT INTO TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1074
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hernando County
N1074Registration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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