- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Sterling Hts, MI · STERLING HTS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2111UBrantly B2
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730812026769A
- Case key
- 189233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2352 73/8/12 STERLING HTS,MICH BRANTLY B2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 3222 TIME - 1404 N2111U PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERZ-MACOMB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UTICA,MICH REMICK,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR HORIZ SHAFT BEARING.SHAFT SHEARED.T/D IN SIDEWARD FLT TO L.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2111U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berz-Macomb
N2111URegistration cancelled May 22, 2017 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2111U · 1
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