Benson B8M N6020

6 November 1973 · Salisbury, North Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 6 November 1973 at about 06:30 local time, a Benson B8M registered N6020 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 November 1973 at 06:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Rowan County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Benson B8M
Registration: N6020
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3865

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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.

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PLT DID NOT HAVE ANY FLT TIME FOR PAST 90 DAYS.

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 3-3865, 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
1 Mar 1974	Benson B8M N1EW	Homestead, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Aug 1975	Benson B8M NONE	Ringwood, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
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19 Nov 1979	Benson B8M N6933	Sand Springs, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

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