- Date
- February 5, 1979
- Place
- Kendallville, IN · KENDALLVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2285UBrantly B2B
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790205002299A
- Case key
- 137353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0338 79/2/5 KENDALLVILLE,IN BRANTLY B2B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 101 TIME - 1645 N2285U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENDALLVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENDALLVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO/FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT STATED LOOKED AT WATCH WHILE HOVERING,GAINED ALT AND STARTED SPINNING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2285U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2B
- 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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