- Date
- September 8, 1980
- Place
- Columbia, PA · COLUMBIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3776NBensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800908090759A
- Case key
- 127990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3308 80/9/8 COLUMBIA,PA BENSEN B-8M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 20 TOTAL TIME - 0928 N3776N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELIZABETHTOWN,NJ COLUMBIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- WITNESSES OBSD ACFT TUMBLE TO THE GND AFTER HEARING THE ENG PWR DROP TO APRX IDLE RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3776N
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3776NRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2013 · Burkhart Glenn D B-8MAirframe modelBurkhart Glenn D 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.