- Date
- April 2, 1967
- Place
- Forty Fort, PA · FORTY FORT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2191Bensen B-8-7
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0117 67/4/2 FORTY FORT PA BENSEN B-8-7 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 500 TIME - 1715 N2191 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WYOMING VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- GYRO GLIDER WAS TOWED OFF RUNWAY AND CUT LOOSE APPROX 100 FT ABOVE RUNWAY.STALLED ABOUT 50 FT ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2191
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8-7
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wyoming Valley
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