- Date
- May 13, 1992, 19:30 local (May 14, 1992, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hood River, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5972XBrantly-Hynes B-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920513014749A
- Case key
- 41680
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The delayed remedial action of the pilot (CFI). Factors include lack of total experience in type of aircraft, and lack of total experience in type of operation.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot of the brantly-hynes B-2B initiated a right pedal-turn while in the hover, but was unable to stop the rotation. When the certified flight instructor took control of the aircraft, he found that he was also unable to stop the rotation with full pedal deflection. He therefore elected to attempt an autorotational landing, but during this attempt, the aircraft rolled over and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5972X
- Reported as
- Brantly-Hynes B-2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 115
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Lycoming IVO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Borgardt, William
- Registered owner
- Borgardt, William
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 13, 1992
- Airport
- 4S2 · Hood River Airport, runway 27, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 2 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.