- Date
- January 25, 1970
- Place
- Richmond Hill, GA · RICHMOND HILL, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N116RBensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0471 70/1/25 RICHMOND HILL,GA BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1600 TIME - 1300 N116R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND HILL,GA RICHMOND HILL,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- LOSS OF FORE/AFT CONTROL.BELLCRANK BRAZE JOINT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116R
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopeton
N116RRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Bensen-Reed B-8MAirframe modelBensen-Reed B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.