- Date
- December 19, 1972
- Place
- Downingtown, PA · DOWNINGTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4997CBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2945 72/12/19 DOWNINGTOWN,PA BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1650 N4997C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MALVERN,PA DOWNINGTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FUEL EXHAUSTED SHORT OF DEST.HARD AUTOROTATIVE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4997C
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon Field
N4997CRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2012 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4997C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.