SANFORD, FL, USA
N3154A
GROSS BENSON B-8M
THE STUDENT PLT & THE PLTS OF 2 OTHER BENSON GYROCOPTERS TOOK OFF FROM A PRIVATE STRIP & PROCEEDED TO FLY IN A LOOSE FORMATION. THE PLTS OF THE OTHER 2 GYROCOPTERS DID NOT WITNESS THE ACCIDENT, BUT NOTICED THAT 1 OF THE 3 WAS MISSING. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND STATED THAT THEY NOTICED THE GYROCOPTER OSCILLATED UP & DOWN AND FORE & AFT PRIOR TO IT IMPACTING WITH TREE TOPS. THE STUDENT PLT WAS NOT INDORSED FOR FLT IN ANY ACFT. HIS WIFE STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED INSTRUCTION BY USING A TRAINING DEVICE THAT WAS TOWED BEHIND A VEHICLE. NO SIGNS OR EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING STRUCTURAL FAILURE WERE NOTED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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