- Date
- December 25, 1981
- Place
- Sandin, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4627Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811225082509A
- Case key
- 123194
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3371 81/12/25 SANDIN,PR BENSEN B-8M CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 1230 N4627 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORTVGUERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDIN,PR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- WITNESS RPRTD ENG WAS CUT AFT CLBG 4000FT,CUT AGAIN AFT DSNDG & BGNG 2ND CLB,ENTERED DIVE/SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4627
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tortvguero
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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