- Date
- September 11, 1964
- Place
- Costa Mesa, CA · COSTA MESA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5982XBrantly B2
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182706
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0746 64/9/11 COSTA MESA CALIF BRANTLY B2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 67 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N5982X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5982X
- Reported as
- Brantly B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5982XRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Brantly B-2Airframe modelBrantly B-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.