- Date
- January 27, 1978
- Place
- Kendallville, OH · KENDALLVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2285UBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780127002279A
- Case key
- 143643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0158 78/1/27 KENDALLVILLE,OH BRANTLY B-2B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N2285U PX- 0 0 1 OTHER AGE 34, 3074 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 66 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENDALLVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENDALLVILLE,OH ROME CITY,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT REMARKS- BLOWING SNOW FROM ROTOR WASH OBSCURED VISIBILITY DURING AN ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY MISSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2285U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kendallville Muni
N2285URegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Brantly B-2BAirframe modelBrantly B-2BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2285U · 1
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