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Date: | Monday 28 September 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bensen B8M |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | OH-XYW |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pori -
Finland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:As the gyrocopter picked up airspeed at a low altitude, longitudinal oscillation which the pilot could not control led to the rotor blade striking the propeller and tail surfaces, and the aircraft crashed. The pilot was killed.
Sources:
Finnish general aviation accident database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jan-2010 23:43 |
slowkid |
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