- Date
- February 18, 1985, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huntingburg, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N511RBrantly Helicopter B-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850218003359A
- Case key
- 13003
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft experienced a partial power loss and made a hard autorotative lndg during a training flt. Investigation of the eng revealed mistiming of the left mag. The eng during tests also ran hot until the addition of a cooling shroud. The other significant finding in the eng was the out of proper clearence setting of the #1 intake value. The cylinders had less than 2 hrs running time since installation so they were not yet'seated in'. The piston pins and caps were worn and apparently not replaced during the new cylinder instalation. ;
Aircraft
- Registration
- N511R
- Reported as
- Brantly Helicopter B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 14
- Airframe hours
- 727
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-360-A1A, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Hatfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 03C · Huntingburg Muni, runway 27, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,003 total · 250 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 176 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 42 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.