# Accident 19761231040909A: Hynes B2B, Fayetteville, TN, December 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1976
- Place: Fayetteville, TN
- Airport: Fayetteville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 35.0597° N, 86.5640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAYETTEVILLE MUNI (FYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0597&lon=-86.5640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2271U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2271U) (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 B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,806 total, 11 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DKW11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DKW11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761231040909A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD77DKW11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DKW11), Dec 31, 1976: Brantly B2B (N2271U), Fayetteville, TN, destroyed

## Other reports on N2271U (1)

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

- [Accident 19811018067859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811018067859A), Oct 18, 1981: Hynes B2B (N2271U), Broadus, MT, Substantial damage. Helicopter herding horses and skid caught sage brush which pulled aircraft into ground, causing crash.

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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