- Date
- June 30, 1964
- Place
- Valley City, ND · VALLEY CITY, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1065ZBenson B8M
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0247 64/6/30 VALLEY CITY ND BENSON B8M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 47, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N1065Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLEY CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1065Z
- Reported as
- Benson B8M
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Valley City