Bensen B-8M N8322

28 August 1975 · New Richmond, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 August 1975 at about 13:36 local time, a Bensen B-8M registered N8322 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near New Richmond, 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: 28 August 1975 at 13:36
Classification: Accident
Location: New Richmond, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: New Richmond
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B-8M
Registration: N8322
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3154

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 NOT CERTIFICATED TOTAL TIME 6 MIN ENG VW.MODIFICATION DAMPENED OUT RUDDER.

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 3-3154, 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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