Bensen BM8 N10VB

29 June 1971 · Aruba, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 29 June 1971 at about 12:10 local time, a Bensen BM8 registered N10VB, operated by Vincent J Beit, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Aruba, Other-Foreign Countries. 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: 29 June 1971 at 12:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Aruba, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen BM8
Registration: N10VB
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Vincent J Beit
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0011

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.

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UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NETHERLANDS.

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 6-0011, 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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