- Date
- November 21, 1975
- Place
- Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2224UBrantly 305
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751121038079A
- Case key
- 151767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3669 75/11/21 HONOLULU,HI BRANTLY 305 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1077 TIME - 1520 N2224U PX- 0 0 3 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALA WAI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR DRIVE FAILURE,UNDETERMINED REASONS.ACFT LANDED IN WATER OFF BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2224U
- Reported as
- Brantly 305
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ala Wai
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2224U · 1
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