- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5575Bensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429007859A
- Case key
- 142053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1886 78/4/29 PITTSTOWN,NJ BENSEN B8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 67, TIME - 1155 N5575 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO TURN END OVR END TWICE.DURING PAST YEAR ACFT HAD FLOWN LESS THAN 1 HOUR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5575
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Alexandria Field
N5575Registration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Hallett-Kocher B-8MAirframe modelHallett-Kocher B-8MEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.