- Date
- September 25, 1966
- Place
- Benton, PA · BENTON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1138Bensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121589
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0993 66/9/25 BENTON PA BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1300 N1138 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 16560 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER ROTORCFT-HEAD FORK ASSEMBLY STRAP P/N-6D. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- PILOT HAD NO CONTROL OF ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1138
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Benton
N1138Registration cancelled Sep 3, 1970 · Miller B-8M GYROCOPTERAirframe modelMiller B-8M GYROCOPTER
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Other investigations on N1138 · 1
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