- Date
- June 21, 1970
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8241Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0679 70/6/21 TRACY,CALIF BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 955 TIME - 1000 N8241 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 188 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRACY,CALIF TRACY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8241
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tracy
N8241Registration cancelled Apr 8, 1993 · Bensen Gyrocopter B-8MJAirframe modelBensen Gyrocopter B-8MJ
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Other investigations on N8241 · 1
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