- Date
- November 20, 1965
- Place
- Fort Valley, GA · FORT VALLEY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2164UBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0857 65/11/20 NR.FORT VALLEY GA BRANTLY B-2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 10150 TIME - 1645 N2164U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 226 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KLOUDA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUELED FROM 55 GAL DRUM.WATER AND RUST IN DRUM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2164U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Klouda
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