ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73967
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| Date: | Friday 16 April 2010 |
| Time: | 12:12 |
| Type: |  Brantly B-2 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N5986X |
| MSN: | 130 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI), CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Ukiah Municipal Airport - KUKI |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The owner a non-pilot was attempting to hover taxi while leaving wheels attached to the skids...Aircraft lifted off but skids aircraft started to turn to left non-pilot attempting to fly aircraft over corrected and wheels made contact with ground and flipped aircraft on side.
(The pilot was testing the engine on his 1961 Brantly B-2 when the helicopter lifted briefly off the ground and flipped onto its right side at Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI), CA. He escaped with minor injuries)
Sources:
http://vtolblog.com/?p=2635
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100416/ARTICLES/100419615?Title=One-hurt-in-helicopter-crash-at-Ukiah-airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2010 02:46 | RobertMB | Added |
| 03-Nov-2021 20:17 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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