- Date
- July 6, 1968
- Place
- Monroeville, PA · MONROEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N5948XBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2273 68/7/6 MONROEVILLE,PA BRANTLY B-2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 800 TIME - 1715 N5948X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROEVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PRIVATE HELICOPTER RATING.RT STABILIZER SPAR TUBE FAILED.STABILIZER BROKE OFF STRUCK T/R.SAFE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5948X
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monroeville
N5948XRegistration cancelled Sep 28, 2017 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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