Bensen B-8M N104RJ

23 November 1974 · Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 November 1974 at about 14:08 local time, a Bensen B-8M registered N104RJ was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grosse Ile, Michigan, 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: 23 November 1974 at 14:08
Classification: Accident
Location: Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Grosse Ile
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B-8M
Registration: N104RJ
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3989

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

MCCULLOCH ENG.CRANKSHAFT BROKE IN FRONT OF CRANKJOURNAL.

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 3-3989, 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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