Bensen B8MV N2473

17 February 1974 · Wind Lake, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 February 1974 at about 12:00 local time, a Bensen B8MV registered N2473 was involved in an accident during in flight near Wind Lake, Wisconsin, 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: 17 February 1974 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Wind Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: Hunt Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B8MV
Registration: N2473
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Franksville, Wis → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0214

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

CONVERTED VOLKSWAGEN ENGINE. LOOSE AND UNCONTROLLABLE SKI DUG INTO SNOW. A/C OVERTURNED UPON LNDG.

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 3-0214, 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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