# Accident 19730806024199A: Hynes B2, Gibson City, IL, August 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1973
- Place: Gibson City, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 40.4668° N, 88.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gibson City, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4668&lon=-88.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2253U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2253U-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brantly B-2B (registry code 1440506, https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HYNES B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEV10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730806024199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SEARCH FOR ESCAPED PRISONERS IN HEDGE ROWS. PILOT-SETTLED WITH PWR INTO TALL CORN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74FEV10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV10), Aug 6, 1973: Brantly B-2B (N2253U), Gibson City, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2253U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20130829017319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130829017319A), Aug 29, 2013: Brantly B-2B (N2253U), Rothbury, MI, Substantial damage. On August 29, 2013, approximately 16:45 central daylight time, a Brantly B-2B helicopter, N2253U, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain while…
- [Incident 19791101056189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101056189I), Nov 1, 1979: Hynes B2 (N2253U), Batavia, NY, Substantial damage. Student crashed helicopter during go-around by failing to friction collective in full down position.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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