# N5901X: Brantly B-2, registration cancelled 2020-04-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 3, 2020
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Brantly B-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2) (registry code 1440502)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2H2](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2H2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 36
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: April 22, 1960
- Certificate issued: December 1, 2016
- Last registry action: December 1, 2016
- Mode S code: A79FF8
- Owner when cancelled: [Beating Air Into Submission LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BEATING%20AIR%20INTO%20SUBMISSION%20LLC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 39.8187° N, 75.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19810, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5901X
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5901X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5901X-2020-04-03

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Brantly B-2: https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2018FA0000357](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2018FA0000357), Sep 7, 2018: HUB. CRACKED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TAIL ROTOR AND UPPER TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX ASSEMBLY TO BE MISSING FROM THE PRIMARY ACCIDENT SITE AND WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF 

## NTSB investigations (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN18LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA313), Aug 3, 2018: Brantly B-2 (N5901X), Midland, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the tail rotor blade due to fatigue, which resulted in the subsequent emergency landing and dynamic rollover.
- [NTSB SEA65A0065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65A0065), May 31, 1965: Brantly B-2 (N5901X), Martha Lake, WA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20180803014899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180803014899A), Aug 3, 2018: Brantly B-2 (N5901X), Midland, MI, Substantial damage. On August 3, 2018 at 4:05 pm eastern daylight time, a Brantly B2A helicopter, N5901X, registered to and operated by an airline transport pilot received…

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