- Date
- June 16, 1986, 19:30 local (Jun 17, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Griffith, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2295UBrantly Helicopter B-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860616083319A
- Case key
- 13474
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt & instructor (CFI) were on a dual instructional flt, practicing landings. During an apch to rwy 8, the student began to undershoot on final apch. As the helicopter was apchg a fence near the apch end of the rwy, he became alarmed & applied aft cyclic (instead of collective). The helicopter began to spin to the rgt. The CFI took control & stopped the spin, but the helicopter touched down in soft sand & rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2295U
- Reported as
- Brantly Helicopter B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 468
- Airframe hours
- 1,943
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Mulderink
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 3, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Destination
- 05C
- Airport
- 05C · Griffith, runway 8, 2,760 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,648 total · 33 in this make and model · 2,434 as pilot in command · 259 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.