# NTSB investigations: Brantly B-2B: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW04LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA111.md): Brantly Helicopter B-2B · Holliday, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 2004 · N9030Z · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the upper tail rotor shaft due to excessive misalignment after two hard landings. Also causal was the manufacturer's failure to provide specific maintenance procedures for checking the alignment of the upper tail rotor shaft.
- [NTSB NYC03LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA063.md): Brantly Helicopter B-2B · Zelienople, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 2003 · N2238U · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the tail rotor assembly due to improper maintenance by the owner/pilot.
- [NTSB CHI95LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA130.md): Brantly Helicopter B-2B · Winfield, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1995 · N2198U · Substantial damage
  > The total failure of the rotor drive system clutch assembly due to excessive wear of the clutch assembly. A factor in this accident was the soft ground in the emergency landing area.
- [NTSB FTW88LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA152.md): Brantly Helicopter B-2B · Sallisaw, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1988 · N2264U · Substantial damage
  > Acft experienced a hard landing and rolled over following a loss of control in a hover. Plt delayed cutting the throttle in order to clear a ditch. Investigation revealed that the tail rotor driveshaft coupling retaining screw had separated. The separation…
- [NTSB MIA82DA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA138.md): Brantly B-2B · Ruskin, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 21, 1982 · N2282U · Destroyed
  > The plt experienced heavy vibration followed by loss of control of the acft. Witnesses described the acft in abrupt changes in attitude. Exam of the pitch link assemblies revealed failure under static overload conditions. A third pitch link assembly was not…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1440506')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1440506&occurrence=130

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