Ujihara B8M N6550C
10 July 1967 · Adelanto, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 July 1967 at about 18:00 local time, a Ujihara B8M registered N6550C was involved in an accident during in flight near Adelanto, California, 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
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Adelanto, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Ujihara B8M
- Registration
- N6550C
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 2-0673
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
CO LEVEL 32 PERCENT-SOURCE UNKNOWN.WIND 15K GUSTING 30K.ROLLED TO RT, WAS NEARLY INVERTED AT IMPACT
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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