Bensen B-8 N1697

24 August 1968 · Santa Rosa, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 24 August 1968 at about 18:00 local time, a Bensen B-8 registered N1697 was involved in an accident during in flight near Santa Rosa, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 August 1968 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Nearest airport: Santa Rosa
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B-8
Registration: N1697
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: 3-2998

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	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.

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 3-2998, 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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Other Bensen B-8 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Oct 1968	Bensen B-8 N9144	Pratt, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Mar 1968	Bensen B-8 N1697	Adelanto, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Nov 1968	Bensen B-8 N59284	Marion, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 May 1968	Bensen B-8 N1075Z	Winsted, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1967	Bensen B-8-M N1183	Naples, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Jul 1967	Bensen B-8-M N10030	Acworth, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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27 Mar 1968	Piper PA-22 N3126Z	Laurel, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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18 May 1968	Mooney M20D N6607U	Santa Rosa, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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