ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354185
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| Date: | Sunday 5 July 1998 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bensen B8M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2289V |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 190 hours |
| Engine model: | Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Placida, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-certificated pilot stated he was taxiing too fast downwind, encountered a gust of wind and lost control of the aircraft resulting in a collision with the ground. The gyrocopter subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. The collision with the ground resulted in bending of the main rotor blades, rear propeller blades broken off and all structural components of the gyroplane bent and twisted.
Probable Cause: Excessive taxi speed. A related factor was the wind gusts.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL98LA097
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 19:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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