- Date
- July 12, 1965
- Place
- Suitland, MD · SUITLAND, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2277UBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0499 65/7/12 SUITLAND MD BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1150 N2277U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ROTORCFT SLID INTO FENCE DURING GROUND CHECK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2277U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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