- Date
- July 20, 1964
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2255UBrantly B2B
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0574 64/7/20 KUTZTOWN PA BRANTLY B2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 3500 TIME - 1530 N2255U PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 608 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2255U
- Reported as
- Brantly B2B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
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.
Other investigations on N2255U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL82FIJ01Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportAthens, WVThe helicopter crashed in a wooded, rocky area while the pilot was en route from the welch hospital to his residence in Athens, WV. An investigation revealed that the fuel tank bladder had ruptured, but no odor of fuel was noted. Later, the engine was…NTSB NYC76FGM34Accident · No injuriesClosedGreenburg, PA