- Date
- October 27, 1966
- Place
- Scotty Creek, AK · SCOTTY CREEK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5980XBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121028
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1199 66/10/27 SCOTTY CREEK,ALAS BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1020 N5980X PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY AGE 43, 7200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: SEALS AND GASKETS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKCASE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 10/31/66.AERIAL PROSPECTING.NOSE OIL SEAL MISSING.NOS 3-4 CON RODS SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5980X
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5980XRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2018 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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