Bensen B8M N336Y

10 November 1968 · Gilbertsville, Kentucky, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 November 1968 at about 11:45 local time, a Bensen B8M registered N336Y was involved in an accident during in flight near Gilbertsville, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 November 1968 at 11:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Gilbertsville, Kentucky, United States
Nearest airport: Ky Dam State Park
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B8M
Registration: N336Y
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3836

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PISTONS SCORED, ENG SEIZED.CAUSE OF HIGH ENG TEMPNOT DETERMINED.CRASHED ON MUDDY EDGE OF LAKE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3836, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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