Bensen B-8-7 N2191
2 April 1967 · Forty Fort Pa, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 2 April 1967 at about 17:15 local time, a Bensen B-8-7 registered N2191 was involved in an accident during in flight near Forty Fort Pa, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Forty Fort Pa, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Wyoming Valley
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bensen B-8-7
- Registration
- N2191
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 2-0117
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 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
GYRO GLIDER WAS TOWED OFF RUNWAY AND CUT LOOSE APPROX 100 FT ABOVE RUNWAY.STALLED ABOUT 50 FT ALT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Bensen B-8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 1967 | Bensen B-8-M | Naples, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 1967 | Bensen B-8-M | Acworth, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 1967 | Bensen B-8 | Fontana, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Apr 1967 | Bensen B-8-M | Corona, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Oct 1968 | Bensen B-8 | Pratt, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 1968 | Bensen B-8 | Adelanto, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 1967 | Boeing B-720 | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1967 | Piper PA-23 | San Mateo Calif, California, United States | Air, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Jul 1967 | Cessna 150 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | Alpine Aviatio | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 1967 | Cessna 172E | Ea.hampton, Connecticut, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1967 | Cessna 172 | Matagorda Is. Tex, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 25 Jan 1967 | Cessna 150 | Sapphire, North Carolina, United States | Executive Avia | No injuries | - |