- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Windsor, MO · WINDSOR, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6394Bensen B8
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730812025299A
- Case key
- 189389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2220 73/8/12 WINDSOR,MO BENSEN B8 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1810 N6394 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDSOR,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PULLED UP SHARPLY TO AVOID TREES,THEN NOSED DWN ABRUPTLY.M/R BLADES DROOPED,HIT PROP & SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6394
- Reported as
- Bensen B8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.