# NTSB MKC65A0067: Brantly B-2A, N2146U, Creve Coeur, MO, May 20, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 20, 1965
- Place: Creve Coeur, MO · CREVE COEUR, MO
- Location: 38.6620° N, 90.4430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Creve Coeur, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6620&lon=-90.4430&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC65A0067
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC65A0067

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0374  65/5/20    CREVE COEUR MO      BRANTLY B-2A        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 3261
        TIME - 1110                    N2146U              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE
          PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - RAIN
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED                                    3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          SMOKE                                                     67
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          150                                                       9
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2146U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2146U-1965-08-11), registration cancelled 1965-08-11, S/N 197, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANTLY B-2A
- Registry model: [Brantly B-2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2a) (registry code 1440504) (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.

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