# Accident 20040421008179A: Hynes B2B, Wichita Falls, TX, April 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2004, 10:45 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Kickapoo Downtown Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8567° N, 98.4875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8567&lon=-98.4875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9030Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9030Z-2025-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brantly B-2B (registry code 1440506, https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HYNES B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040421008179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 21, 2004, AT 1045 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BRANTLY B-2B HELICOPTER, N9030Z, OWNED BY BRANTLY INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, CRASHED. THE HELICOPTER WAS OPERATED BY KEVIN HYNES WHO WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO A COMMERCIAL PILOT SAMUEL CORMAN OVER A FIELD NEAR HOLIDAY, TEXAS. WHILE THE COMMERCIAL PILOT CORMAN WAS PERFORMING NORMAL CLIMBS AND DESCENTS, THE AIRFRAME BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND STARTED A YAWING MOTION. AT THAT POINT THE INSTRUCTOR, HYNES TOOK CONTROL AND INITIATED POWER REDUCTION AND STARTED A DESCENT. DURING THE DESCENT THE YAW CONTROL FELT SLUGGISH AND THE HELICOPTER WAS MAKING A SLOW UNCONTROLLED RIGHT TURN AND MADE CONTACT WITH SMALL TREES AS IT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND ROLLED OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THIS WAS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE INSTRUCTOR HYNES WAS NOT INJURED BUT CORMAN THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED A MINOR CUT ON THE ARM. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT MR. HYNES HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 262296396. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE KICKAPOO DOWNTOWN AIRPARK WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, ON APRIL 21, 2004 AT 1005.

## 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 FTW04LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA111), Apr 21, 2004: Brantly Helicopter B-2B (N9030Z), Holliday, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the upper tail rotor shaft due to excessive misalignment after two hard landings. Also causal was the manufacturer's failure to provide specific maintenance procedures for checking the…

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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