# Accident 19770817043539A: Hynes 305BRNTLY, Wheeling, IL, August 17, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1977
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16616, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16616-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brantly 305 (registry code 1440602, https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-305) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HYNES 305BRNTLY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77DEE55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEE55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770817043539A

## Narrative

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

AFT LIFT OFF TO 10FT HOVER,ACFT WEATHER VANED TO LEFT.PLT APPLIED RT PEDAL,RPM DECREASED.

## 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 CHI77DEE55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEE55), Aug 17, 1977: Brantly 305 (N16616), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N16616 (2)

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

- [Accident 19821023055029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023055029A), Oct 23, 1982: Cessna 305 (N16616), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Main rotors struck tail rotor. Helicopter turned sideways and rolled on its side.
- [Accident 19750302004239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750302004239A), Mar 2, 1975: Hynes 305BRNTLY (N16616), Swisher, IA, Substantial damage. Drg apch to hover plt un ctl turning acft.

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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