- Date
- May 21, 1967
- Place
- Deblois, ME · DEBLOIS, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- NNONEBensen B8
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115759
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0003 67/5/21 DEBLOIS ME BENSEN B8 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 45, TIME - 0920 NNONE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 14 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DEBLOIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GYROGLIDER CRASHED WHILE BEING TOWED BY AUTO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NNONE
- Reported as
- Bensen B8
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deblois