# Accident 19731121038679A: Hynes B2, North Bergen, NJ, November 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1973
- Place: North Bergen, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.8043° N, 74.0121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bergen, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8043&lon=-74.0121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5946X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5946X-1974-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brantly B-2 (registry code 1440502, https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HYNES B2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,953 total, 22 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731121038679A

## Narrative

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

VERT DRIVE P/N 249-10 FAILED AT BOLT HOLES 1 IN FM UPR END OF SHAFT.UPR GR BOX ASSEM REPLACED 6/68

## 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 NYC74FHM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM12), Nov 21, 1973: Brantly B-2 (N5946X), North Bergen, NJ, destroyed

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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