- Date
- June 8, 1976
- Place
- Greenburg, PA · GREENBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2255UBrantly B-2B
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760608020279A
- Case key
- 155117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4168 76/6/8 GREENBURG,PA BRANTLY B-2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 850 TIME - 1100 N2255U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENBURG,PA WEST MIFFLIN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- T/R DRIVESHAFT SHEARED,BLADES SEPD.CAUSE OF OVERLOAD NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2255U
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2255U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL82FIJ01Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportAthens, WVThe helicopter crashed in a wooded, rocky area while the pilot was en route from the welch hospital to his residence in Athens, WV. An investigation revealed that the fuel tank bladder had ruptured, but no odor of fuel was noted. Later, the engine was…NTSB UNK64X2942Accident · No injuriesClosedKutztown, PA