Bensen B8 NONE

15 September 1978 · Salisbury, North Carolina, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 September 1978 at about 11:30 local time, a Bensen B8 registered NONE was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 September 1978 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Rowan County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B8
Registration: NONE
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3250

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WOODEN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK RUDDER IN STEEP TURN.NO PREVIOUS PLT EXPERIENCE.ACFT NOT CERTIFICATED.

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 3-3250, 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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Other Bensen B8 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
23 Apr 1978	Bensen B8-MG N26083	Carlisle, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Aug 1981	Bensen B8 N3815	Hixson, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
12 Aug 1973	Bensen B8 N6394	Windsor, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1973	Bensen B8-M N6890	East Moriches, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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

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