- Date
- May 30, 1964
- Place
- Upland, CA · UPLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5953XBrantly B2
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0199 64/5/30 UPLAND CALIF BRANTLY B2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N5953X PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 30, 4500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 101 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UPLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO/FROM LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISC-INADEQUATE MFGR MAINT.AND SERVICE BULLETINS. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE BEARING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5953X
- Reported as
- Brantly B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Upland
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Other investigations on N5953X · 1
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