- Date
- April 28, 1978
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N777GDBensen G-1D
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780428007569A
- Case key
- 142766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0695 78/4/28 TACOMA,WA BENSEN G-1D CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N777GD PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH TACOMA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TACOMA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT NOSED OVER ON DOWNWIND LEG & CRASHED ALMOST INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777GD
- Reported as
- Bensen G-1D
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Tacoma
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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.