- Date
- May 8, 1964
- Place
- Ampton Bays, NY · AMPTON BAYS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5961XBrantly B2
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0956 64/5/8 AMPTON BAYS NY BRANTLY B2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 4000 TIME - 2200 N5961X PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5961X
- Reported as
- Brantly B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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