- Date
- April 19, 1972
- Place
- Readington, NJ · READINGTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5779Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0431 72/4/19 READINGTON,NJ BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1355 N5779 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOLBERG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOMERVILLE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DNWND TURN,LOST A/S,UN MAINT ALT.CRASH LNDD ON ROUGH TRRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5779
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Solberg
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