Lach/Bensen B8M N8447

20 July 1979 · Rockford, Illinois, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 20 July 1979 at about 18:20 local time, a Lach/Bensen B8M registered N8447 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Rockford, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 July 1979 at 18:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Rockford, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Rockford
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lach/Bensen B8M
Registration: N8447
Category: Gyroplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1259

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

ACFT FLOWN NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AFT TKOE.TURN TO AVOID STRIKING POWER LINE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1259, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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