# NTSB CHI68A0042: Brantly 305, N2208U, Taswell, IN, November 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 3, 1967
- Place: Taswell, IN · TASWELL, IN
- Location: 38.3356° N, 86.5597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taswell, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3356&lon=-86.5597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1092   67/11/3   TASWELL,IND         BRANTLY 305         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 744
        TIME - 1028                    N2208U              PX-  2  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            TOTAL HOURS, 153 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR                      UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES
           ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: BEARINGS
          ROTORCFT-M/R CLEVIS BEARINGS SEIZED.
           ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR TORSION STRAPS FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2208U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2208U-1968-02-01), registration cancelled 1968-02-01, S/N 1010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANTLY 305
- Registry model: [Brantly 305](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-305) (registry code 1440602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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