- Date
- July 10, 1971
- Place
- Williamsburg, PA · WILLIAMSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2180UBrantly B2B
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162589
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2452 71/7/10 WILLIAMSBURG,PA BRANTLY B2B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 125 TIME - 1545 N2180U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COVE VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- PLT LOST RPM,ACFT MADE 14 360 DEG TURNS TO THE R,HIT HRD,ROLLED OVER,HIT N4697Z M DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2180U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cove Valley
N2180URegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2017 · Brantly B-2BAirframe modelBrantly B-2BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N2180U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.