- Date
- June 16, 1966
- Place
- N.Platte, NE · N.PLATTE, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2131UBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0535 66/6/16 N.PLATTE NEBR BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N2131U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 1851 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE BIRD FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2131U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee Bird Field
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