- Date
- October 26, 1974
- Place
- Eugene, OR · EUGENE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3306Bensen B8ME
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741026037759A
- Case key
- 142991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3813 74/10/26 EUGENE,OREG BENSEN B8ME CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1610 N3306 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- CAUSE OF BLADE FAILURE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3306
- Reported as
- Bensen B8ME
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N3306 · 1
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