Bensen HYDRO N5460
1 September 1973 · Bellevile Lk, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 September 1973 at about 13:00 local time, a Bensen HYDRO registered N5460 was involved in an accident during in flight near Bellevile Lk, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bellevile Lk, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Willow Run
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bensen HYDRO
- Registration
- N5460
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2373
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
FLOAT EQPD.AT APRX 70FT AGL DSCNDD NEARLY VERTICAL INTO LAKE.ACFT ORIGINALLY GYRO GLIDER ON FLOATS
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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