- Date
- June 19, 1973
- Place
- Castroville, CA · CASTROVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2546Bensen B-8M
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730619019019A
- Case key
- 190126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1816 73/6/19 CASTROVILLE,CALIF BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N2546 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATWOOD STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTROVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2546
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Atwood Strip
N2546Registration cancelled Apr 22, 1974 · Klinefelter BENSEN B-8MAirframe modelKlinefelter BENSEN B-8M
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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.
Other investigations on N2546 · 1
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