- Date
- June 2, 1968
- Place
- Lake Winnebago, MO · LAKE WINNEBAGO, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7520Bensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1806 68/6/2 LAKE WINNEBAGO,MO BENSEN B8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N7520 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE WINNEBAGO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COOLING BAFFLES INSTALLED BY OWNER 20 MIN PRIOR ACCIDENT CAUSED ENG OVERHEATING.NO 3 PISTON SEIZED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7520
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Winnebago
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