- Date
- June 5, 1967
- Place
- Chitina, AK · CHITINA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2132UBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0228 67/6/5 NR.CHITINA,ALAS BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N2132U PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 6620 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 370 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO DETECT WINDSHIFT. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2132U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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