- Date
- July 27, 1980
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5584CBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800727030029A
- Case key
- 129886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1214 80/7/27 CHESTERFIELD,MO BENSEN B8M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 41, 200 TIME - 1005 N5584C PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARROWHEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERFIELD,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRESSURE SENSOR, ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION,EXPERIMENTAL VW ENG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5584C
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arrowhead
N5584CRegistration cancelled Apr 14, 1983 · Bensen B-8m GYROCOPTERAirframe modelBensen B-8m GYROCOPTER
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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.