Tapaszy BENSON B-8-M N6154

Summary

On 13 September 1986 at about 15:00 local time, a Tapaszy BENSON B-8-M registered N6154 was involved in an accident near Cooperstown, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 September 1986 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cooperstown, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Tapaszy BENSON B-8-M

Registration

N6154

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cooperstown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FGM07

1 person died.

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

THE BENSON B-8-M GYROCOPTER WAS OBSERVED TO TAKE OFF AND TRANSITION TO LEVEL FLIGHT. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO DIP AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT BANKED LEFT AND CRASHED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. NO PRE-EXISTING FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF CONTROL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT REPORTED OR AVAILABLE. THE PLT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED FOR FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.