- Date
- March 30, 1969
- Place
- Aberdeen, MD · ABERDEEN, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2114UBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0954 69/3/30 ABERDEEN,MD BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 22252 TIME - 1545 N2114U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 252 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALDINO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 PISTON CONNECTING ROD ATTACH BOLT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2114U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aldino
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