- Date
- May 23, 1982, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2195UBrantly B-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820523046729A
- Case key
- 70647
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, a partial power loss occurred over a wooded area and the pilot initiated an autorotative landing. During the landing, the main rotor and tail rotor blades hit trees, then the right skid set down on a small tree and the helicopter rolled over. After the aircraft came to rest, the engine was running at idle RPM with about 1/2 throttle. During an examination, dirt and scale particles of rust were found in the main fuel strainer. The fuel strainer (finger screen) in the fuel injector was removed and was found to be clogged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2195U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 406
- Airframe hours
- 2,026
- Engine
- Lycoming IVO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Kallenberg Jr.
- Registered owner
- Robert Kallenberg Jr.
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 76 in this make and model · 3,620 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.