- Date
- July 25, 1975
- Place
- Mankato, MN · MANKATO, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5988XBrantley B-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2918 75/7/25 MANKATO,MN BRANTLEY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 3706 TIME - 2100 N5988X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANKATO,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- ALL FLT HRS IN HELICOPTERS WAS IN BELL 47G2.NO DUAL INSTRUCTION THIS MAKE MODEL ONLY DEMO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5988X
- Reported as
- Brantley B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N5988XRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2013 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5988X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.