# NTSB CHI68A0009: Brantly B2A, N6794D, Milwaukee, WI, July 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: July 19, 1967
- Place: Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Location: 43.0389° N, 87.9065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milwaukee, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0389&lon=-87.9065&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 5, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118553
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0009

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0488  67/7/19    MILWAUKEE,WISC      BRANTLY B2A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 78 TOTAL
        TIME - 0700                    N6794D              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING
           ROLL OVER                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- PLT WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON ROOF-TOP HELI PAD.ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON 3FT HI PILE OF PIPE IN YARD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6794D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6794D-1969-05-06), registration cancelled 1969-05-06, S/N 16 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANTLY B2A
- Registry model: [Brantly B-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2) (registry code 1440502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.