Bensen B8M N8053Y

6 December 1980 · Spring Lake, North Carolina, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 December 1980 at about 15:30 local time, a Bensen B8M registered N8053Y was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Spring Lake, North Carolina, 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: 6 December 1980 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Spring Lake, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Grass Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bensen B8M
Registration: N8053Y
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: 3-3119

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

SLOWED DWN DRG TKOF WHILE PEOPLE MOVED, LOST ROTOR RPM.UN TO OBTAIN ROTOR RPM ON RMNG RWY.HIT STUMP

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 3-3119, 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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