# NTSB CHI78DET10: Brantly B-2B, N2285U, Kendallville, OH, January 27, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1978
- Place: Kendallville, OH · KENDALLVILLE, OH
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143643
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI78DET10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DET10

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2285U-2012-08-08), registration cancelled 2012-08-08, S/N 456, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANTLY B-2B
- Registry model: [Brantly B-2B](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2b) (registry code 1440506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kendallville Muni

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780127002279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780127002279A), Jan 27, 1978: Hynes B2B, Kendallville, IN, Substantial damage. Blowing snow from rotor wash obscured visibility during an attempemergency mission.

## Other investigations on N2285U (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI79DET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DET14), Feb 5, 1979: Brantly B2B (N2285U), Kendallville, IN, substantial damage

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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