- Date
- August 4, 1968
- Place
- Turners Fall, MA · TURNERS FALL, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8200Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2729 68/8/4 TURNERS FALL,MASS BENSEN B-8M CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N8200 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNERS FALLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- FIRST ENG POWERED FLT.DOCTOR STATED PLT WAS A SEVERE MYOPIC CASE. GLASSES WERE NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8200
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Turners Falls
N8200Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2019 · Bensen-Perreault B-8MAirframe modelBensen-Perreault B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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