- Date
- April 12, 1990, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N87917Becker Bensen B8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900412056569A
- Case key
- 41186
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the propeller.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was ground handling the acft for takeoff into the wind, with the engine running, when he inadvertantly came in contact with the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87917
- Reported as
- Becker Bensen B8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 283-40-3647
- Airframe hours
- 157
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence D. Becker
- Registered owner
- Lawrence D Becker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1989 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- 75S · Skagit Rgnl
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,976 total · 139 in this make and model · 1,762 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.