- Date
- May 23, 1966
- Place
- Rostraver, PA · ROSTRAVER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2188UBrantly B2B
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0521 66/5/23 ROSTRAVER PA BRANTLY B2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N2188U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON MEMORIAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- IMPACT OVERLOAD-SOURCE OF IMPACT UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2188U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thompson Memorial
N2188URegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2019 · Brantly B-2BAirframe modelBrantly B-2BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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