- Date
- August 16, 1972
- Place
- Wales, AK · WALES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2281UBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3037 72/8/16 WALES,ALAS BRANTLY B-2B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0720 N2281U PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 25, 4735 TOTAL HOURS, 470 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOST RIVER MINE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX,FAMILIAR WITH HELO OPNS,WALKED INTO ROTOR BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2281U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N2281URegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Brantly B-2BAirframe modelBrantly B-2BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N2281U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.