UNK65X0345

NTSB accident investigation · Brantly B2 · Broadwater, NE · October 20, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
October 20, 1964
Place
Broadwater, NE · BROADWATER, NE
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N5924XBrantly B2
Status
Completed · report February 23, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
181811

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0856  64/10/20 NR.BROADWATER NEBR    BRANTLY B2          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 71, 149
        TIME - 1625                    N5924X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.

Aircraft

Registration
N5924X
Reported as
Brantly B2
Category
Helicopter
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.