Plane Crash List

Bensen B-8M NONE

22 May 1970 · Lewiston, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 May 1970 at about 16:21 local time, a Bensen B-8M registered NONE was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lewiston, Idaho, 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
at 16:21
Classification
Accident
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport
Lewiston-Nez Perc
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bensen B-8M
Registration
NONE
Category
Gyroplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2739

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

PLT SAID PERFORMING TAXI TESTS.ACFT OBSVD IN FLT8-10FT AGL, DRFTD OFF RWY OVERTURNED.NOT REGISTERD

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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21 Jun 1970 Bensen B-8M
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no coordinates
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20 May 1970 Bensen B-8M
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1 Jul 1970 Bensen B-8M
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no coordinates
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25 Jan 1970 Bensen B-8M
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no coordinates
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1 Mar 1970 Bensen B-8M
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no coordinates
- Fatal 1
5 Nov 1970 Bensen B-8M
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no coordinates
- No injuries -

All 72 records for this type

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