- Date
- December 23, 1966
- Place
- Riverdale, MD · RIVERDALE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2277UBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1061 66/12/23 RIVERDALE MD BRANTLY B-2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 280 TIME - 1120 N2277U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLLEGE PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE QUIT DURING POWER RECOVERY ATTEMPT AFTER PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.MAIN ROTOR STRUCK SMALL TREE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2277U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- College Park
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Other investigations on N2277U · 2
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