Bensen B8-M N6890

16 September 1973 · East Moriches, New York, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 16 September 1973 at about 16:00 local time, a Bensen B8-M registered N6890 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near East Moriches, New York, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 September 1973 at 16:00
Classification: Accident
Location: East Moriches, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Spadaros
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B8-M
Registration: N6890
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2604

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

PLT ELECTED TO CUT PWR, ACFT DROPPED FROM ABT 20FT AGL, T/D ON ALL 3 WHEELS.

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 3-2604, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Aug 1973	Bensen B8 N6394	Windsor, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Feb 1972	Bensen B8-M N4755G	Adelanto, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Apr 1972	Bensen B8 N5667	Middlefield, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Jun 1971	Bensen B8-M N6661	Delphi, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1970	Bensen B8-M N6251	Hemet, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
23 Apr 1978	Bensen B8-MG N26083	Carlisle, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

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