# NTSB UNK64X2942: Brantly B2B, N2255U, Kutztown, PA, July 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 20, 1964
- Place: Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Location: 40.5213° N, 75.7773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kutztown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5213&lon=-75.7773&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182599
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2942
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2942

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0574  64/7/20    KUTZTOWN PA         BRANTLY B2B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 3500
        TIME - 1530                    N2255U              PX-  0  0  1  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 608 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2255U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2255U-1984-04-17), registration cancelled 1984-04-17, S/N 415 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANTLY B2B
- Registry model: [Brantly B-2B](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2b) (registry code 1440506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kutztown

## Other investigations on N2255U (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 ATL82FIJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIJ01), May 9, 1982: Brantley B-2B (N2255U), Athens, WV, substantial damage, 1 fatal
- [NTSB NYC76FGM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FGM34), Jun 8, 1976: Brantly B-2B (N2255U), Greenburg, PA, substantial damage

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.