# NTSB NYC69F0115: Bensen B-8M, N8200, Turners Fall, MA, August 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 4, 1968
- Place: Turners Fall, MA · TURNERS FALL, MA
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108836
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69F0115
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69F0115

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8200-2019-08-05), registration cancelled 2019-08-05, S/N 1916, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B-8M
- Registry model: [Bensen-Perreault B-8M](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-perreault-b-8m) (registry code 130076K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100](https://openairdocs.org/engine/mcculloch-4318a-e-0-100) (registry code 43101, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Turners Falls

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