- Date
- October 22, 1966
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2207UBrantly 305
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1005 66/10/22 WEST MIFFLIN PA BRANTLY 305 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1341 N2207U PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE ROTORCFT-TRANSMISSION MOUNTING BRACKETS. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- SEVERE VIBRATION CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2207U
- Reported as
- Brantly 305
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny County
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