Bensen B-8 N9144

2 May 1970 · Pratt, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 May 1970 at about 14:30 local time, a Bensen B-8 registered N9144 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Pratt, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 May 1970 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Pratt, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Pratt Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B-8
Registration: N9144
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1970

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

FLARED TOO SOON FOR LDG.DID NOT PROPERLY CTL VERT DESCENT.M/R BLADES AND PROP DMGD.

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 3-1970, 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
5 Apr 1970	Bensen B-8 N7787	Arlington, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
31 Aug 1969	Bensen B-8 N9144	Valley Centr, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
18 Mar 1971	Bensen B-8 N9754	Tehachapi, California, United States no coordinates	Martin F Hanso	No injuries	-
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

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