- Date
- March 8, 1965
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2153UBrantly B2A
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0866 65/3/8 FT.LAUDERDALE FLA BRANTLY B2A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 1435 N2153U PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT-IMPROPERLT EXCUTED AUTORATIVE LANDING. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WHITE SUBSTANCE FOUND BLOCKING CARBURETOR PART
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2153U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hollywood Intl
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