- Date
- November 3, 1965
- Place
- Bigfork, MT · BIGFORK, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5991XBrantly B-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0990 65/11/3 NR.BIGFORK MONT BRANTLY B-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N5991X PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 37, 15000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SUSPECTED CARB ICE.LANDED NEAR CLIFF EDGE.PILOT GOT OUT.ACFT FELL OFF CLIFF.ENGINE INACCESSIBLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5991X
- Reported as
- Brantly B-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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