- Date
- November 7, 1982, 10:18 local (16:18 UTC)
- Place
- Gerald, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31048Bensen M8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821107057029A
- Case key
- 70824
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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.
Analysis
The eng quit on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern after takeoff. The flexible fuel supply line from the fuel tank to the fuel pump was disconnected. The hose clamp was positioned & tightened so that the line could not have been properly installed on the fuel pump fitting. The fuel pump to crankcase suction line fitting was broken off at the fuel pump. The flexible fuel line from the fuel pump to the carburetor had a hole in it just before the hose clamp at the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31048
- Reported as
- Bensen M8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RJB-1
- Airframe hours
- 190
- Engine
- Mcculloch 4318G, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard J. Barlow
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Barlow
- Departed
- Gerald, MO
- Destination
- Gerald, MO
- Airport
- Hahn Private, runway 5, 2,100 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 190 in this make and model · 1,395 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.