- Date
- May 29, 1967
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2219UBrantly 305
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1188 67/5/29 CHAMBLEE,GA BRANTLY 305 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0929 N2219U PX- 1 0 0 TEST AGE 31, 4389 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 791 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEACHTREE-DEKALB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: BEARINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BRINELLED M/R HUB CLEVIS BEARINGS CAUSED TORSION STRAP ASSY TO FAIL IN FATIQUE.M/R SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2219U
- Reported as
- Brantly 305
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Peachtree-Dekalb
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