# NTSB NYC67I0167: Bensen B8, Deblois, ME, May 21, 1967

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 21, 1967
- Place: Deblois, ME · DEBLOIS, ME
- Location: 44.7415° N, 68.0147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deblois, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7415&lon=-68.0147&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67I0167
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67I0167

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B8
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Deblois

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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