# NTSB NYC67A0135: Bensen B-8-7, N2191, Forty Fort, PA, April 2, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 2, 1967
- Place: Forty Fort, PA · FORTY FORT, PA
- Location: 41.2801° N, 75.8732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forty Fort, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2801&lon=-75.8732&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118353
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67A0135
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0135

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2191-1967-11-09), registration cancelled 1967-11-09, S/N AC1001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B-8-7
- Registry model: [Bensen B-8M](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-b-8m) (registry code 1300516) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Wyoming Valley

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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