- Date
- March 28, 1965
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2264UBrantly B2B
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0113 65/3/28 AMARILLO TEX BRANTLY B2B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1030 N2264U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 43, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, 45 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADEWIND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- DAMAGED LANDING GEAR FELL OFF DURING FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2264U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tradewind
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Other investigations on N2264U · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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