- Date
- August 18, 1968
- Place
- Juneau, AK · JUNEAU, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5962XBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3331 68/8/18 NR.JUNEAU,ALAS BRANTLY B-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1105 N5962X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING REMARKS- PLT DEPLANED,WAS STRUCK BY MAIN ROTOR BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5962X
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N5962XRegistration cancelled Jun 24, 1976 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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