ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166530
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| Date: | Sunday 25 May 2014 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Brantly B-2B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9023Z |
| MSN: | 2021 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hart-Miller Island, Essex, Maryland -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Baltimore, MD (MTN) |
| Baltimore, MD (MTN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot during an interview with a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the purpose of the flight was to practice approaches and hovering. As the helicopter neared the ground, he pulled collective to enter a hover when it began to rotate clockwise. He was unable to stop the rotation and the helicopter made two full rotations prior to impacting the ground. The passenger reported that the helicopter impacted the ground "hard, but not too hard." The helicopter bounced, rolled over, and came to rest on the left side of the fuselage, which resulted in substantial damage to the main rotor blades, the fuselage, and tailboom. A postaccident examination of the helicopter revealed no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. In addition, the pilot stated that the passenger was "ride[ing] along" on the flight controls.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain helicopter control during landing resulting in a hard landing and a roll over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9023Z
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 August 2009 | N9023Z | Private | 0 | In field Off Lake Shore Dr Martinsville, IN | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2014 07:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-May-2014 09:01 | flying ant | Updated [Registration] |
| 26-May-2014 23:08 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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