# NTSB UNK65X0345: Brantly B2, N5924X, Broadwater, NE, October 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 20, 1964
- Place: Broadwater, NE · BROADWATER, NE
- Location: 41.5980° N, 102.8525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broadwater, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5980&lon=-102.8525&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 23, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0345
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0345

## NTSB brief

```
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5924X-1964-12-07), registration cancelled 1964-12-07, S/N 63 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANTLY B2
- 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.

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