- Date
- March 30, 1968
- Place
- Orange, TX · ORANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2212UBrantly 305
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1759 68/3/30 ORANGE,TEX BRANTLY 305 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N2212U PX- 1 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 31, 2331 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 144 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- T/O MADE FROM CONFINED AREA WITH FULL POWER.ACFT BEGAN ROTATION TO RT. LANDED ON RR STA PLATFORM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2212U
- Reported as
- Brantly 305
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2212URegistration cancelled Jan 22, 1976 · Brantly 305Airframe modelBrantly 305Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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