- Date
- July 27, 1970
- Place
- Storm Lake, IA · STORM LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2288UBrantly B2B
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4233 70/7/27 STORM LAKE,IOWA BRANTLY B2B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3576 TIME - 1300 N2288U PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 845 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STORM LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STORM LAKE,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SURVEYING CORN FLD TO BE POLLINATED.PLT SAID LOST LIFT AFT PULL UP AND L TURN.NEAR MAX GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2288U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Storm Lake
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