- Date
- March 18, 1984, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belleview, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3261EBengtson Swallow B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840318007369A
- Case key
- 31102
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Object - animal(s)Factor
Analysis
The homebuilt acft crashed after experiencing an eng failure in cruise flight. The plt reported that he turned the acft to avoid cows in a pasture and the wing hit the ground. The reason for eng failure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3261E
- Reported as
- Bengtson Swallow B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6820226-2XC
- Airframe hours
- 3
- Engine
- Cuyuna 11, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerhard F. Bengston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Belleview, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 4 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.