- Date
- October 28, 1966
- Place
- Prt Canaveral, FL · PRT CANAVERAL, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5904XBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1011 66/10/28 PRT CANAVERAL FLA BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 24 TOTAL TIME - 0705 N5904X PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE KENNEDY HELO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5904X
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape Kennedy Helo
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