- Date
- July 15, 1979
- Place
- Mountain Grove, MO · MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47814Bensen Gyro
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790715017269A
- Case key
- 135035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1367 79/7/15 MOUNTAIN GROVE,MO BENSEN GYRO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N47814 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOUNTAIN GROVE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47814
- Reported as
- Bensen Gyro
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N47814Registration cancelled Dec 12, 2015 · Bensen-Bates B-8MAirframe modelBensen-Bates B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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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.