- Date
- September 14, 1968
- Place
- Bridgeton, NJ · BRIDGETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2190Bensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3567 68/9/14 BRIDGETON,NJ BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 32, 0 TIME - 1645 N2190 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCKS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PLTS 1ST SOLO.INVESTIGATION REVEALED ROTOR STRUCK RUDDER AND DISINTEGRATED DURING A PULLUP MANEUVR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2190
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bucks
N2190Registration cancelled Mar 10, 1971 · Bensen B-8MAirframe modelBensen B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.