- Date
- October 8, 1966
- Place
- Suffolk, VA · SUFFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7709GBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0997 66/10/8 SUFFOLK VA. BENSEN B8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 98 TOTAL TIME - 1050 N7709G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUFFOLK MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO UNTIE THE CONTROL STICK PRIOR TO TAKE OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7709G
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Suffolk Municipal
N7709GRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Roane Bensen Gyrocopter B-8MRAirframe modelRoane Bensen Gyrocopter B-8MREngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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