- Date
- October 13, 1965
- Place
- Griffin, GA · GRIFFIN, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5975XBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0985 65/10/13 NR.GRIFFIN GA BRANTLY B-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 3558 TIME - 1140 N5975X PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFFIN SPALDING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-FATIGUE FAILURE OF CONNECTING ROD CAP BOLT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5975X
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Griffin Spalding
N5975XRegistration cancelled Feb 10, 2020 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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