- Date
- July 24, 1964
- Place
- Three Rivers, MI · THREE RIVERS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4655TBensen B8M
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0396 64/7/24 THREE RIVERS MICH BENSEN B8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N4655T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- FATIGUE CONDITION FOUND FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION NOT RELATED TO ACCIDENT CAUSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4655T
- Reported as
- Bensen B8M
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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