Plane Crash List

Brantly B-2 N4997C

19 December 1972 · Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1972 at about 16:50 local time, a Brantly B-2 registered N4997C was involved in an accident during in flight near Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Shannon Field
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Brantly B-2
Registration
N4997C
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Malvern, Pa → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2945

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FUEL EXHAUSTED SHORT OF DEST.HARD AUTOROTATIVE LDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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