# Incident 19791101056189I: Hynes B2, Batavia, NY, November 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Airport: Genesee Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0318° N, 78.1697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEE COUNTY (GVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0318&lon=-78.1697&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 22 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101056189I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT CRASHED HELICOPTER DURING GO-AROUND BY FAILING TO FRICTION COLLECTIVE IN FULL DOWN POSITION.

## 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…
- [Accident 19730806024199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730806024199A), Aug 6, 1973: Hynes B2 (N2253U), Gibson City, IL, Destroyed. Search for escaped prisoners in hedge rows. Pilot-settled with pwr into tall corn.

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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