Bensen B-8 N9754

18 March 1971 · Tehachapi, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 March 1971 at about 15:00 local time, a Bensen B-8 registered N9754, operated by Martin F Hanso, was involved in an accident during in flight near Tehachapi, California, 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: 18 March 1971 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Tehachapi, California, United States
Nearest airport: Holiday Haven
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B-8
Registration: N9754
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Martin F Hanso
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0788

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

ACFT FELL TO GND DURG DWNWND TURN AT LO ALT AND AIRSPEED. PLT SAID ROTOR SPEED BLO 250 RPM.

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 3-0788, 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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