- Date
- July 2, 1985, 20:00 local (Jul 3, 1985, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denison, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6799DBrantly Helicopter B-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850702036629A
- Case key
- 33994
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Throttle/power control - improperCause
Maintenance,adjustment - improperCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - performed
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Analysis
Plt reports that the eng idle setting was too low and the eng quit when he reduced power during a practice autorotation. The acft touched down hard and the main rotor contacted tail boom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6799D
- Reported as
- Brantly Helicopter B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 19
- Airframe hours
- 1,295
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Romaine L. Bendixen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1985 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- DNS · Denison Muni, runway 35, 2,200 × 200 ft, grass/turf
N6799DRegistration cancelled May 2, 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,591 total · 263 in this make and model · 5,686 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.