# Accident 19780127002279A: Hynes B2B, Kendallville, IN, January 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1978
- Place: Kendallville, IN
- Airport: Kendallville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 41.4727° N, 85.2608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENDALLVILLE MUNI (C62), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4727&lon=-85.2608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2285U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2285U-2012-08-08) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,074 total, 66 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DET10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780127002279A

## Narrative

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

BLOWING SNOW FROM ROTOR WASH OBSCURED VISIBILITY DURING AN ATTEMPEMERGENCY MISSION.

## 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 CHI78DET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DET10), Jan 27, 1978: Brantly B-2B (N2285U), Kendallville, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2285U (1)

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

- [Accident 19790205002299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790205002299A), Feb 5, 1979: Hynes B2B (N2285U), Kendallville, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot's second solo flight in a helicopter. While taxiing in he looked at his watch,got distracted,and lost control

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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