- Date
- February 3, 1964
- Place
- Lyons, PA · LYONS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5960XBrantly B2
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0093 64/2/3 LYONS PA BRANTLY B2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 2500 TIME - 1300 N5960X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5960X
- Reported as
- Brantly B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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