NTSB investigations: Brantly B-2B

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Brantly B-2B, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - in flight”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19842026
NTSB investigations: Brantly B-2B per year, 1984–2026: 5 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1440506')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 250))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB IAD05LA107Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBrantly Helicopter B-2B · Plymouth, MAFatigue failure of the intermediate tailrotor driveshaft, which resulted in a loss of directional control at a hover.Jul 24, 2005 · N9018Y · Substantial damageNTSB MIA03LA104Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBrantly B-2B · Lantana, FLThe pilot/owner's failure to maintain rotor rpm which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing factors were high gross weight and high density altitude.May 5, 2003 · N2141U · Substantial damageNTSB MIA01FA075Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBrantly B-2B · Archer, FLThe flight crew's loss of control for undermined reasons.Feb 11, 2001 · N2166U · DestroyedNTSB MIA90LA150Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBrantly Helicopter B-2B · ChristianstedThe failure of the pilot to evaluate weight, temperature, and power available prior to takeoff and then performing a left pedal turn after takeoff resulting in the helicopter desending even though full power was applied.Jul 10, 1990 · N2284U · Substantial damageNTSB NYC84LA070Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBrantly Helicopter B-2B · Mt. Pleasant, PAThe plt flew to greensburg, where he brought the helicopter to a 2 ft hover and departed with a max performance climb. He stated the helicopter began to exhibit control irregularities which he described as 'a dutch roll wobble type of shuffle.' He continued…Feb 12, 1984 · N2273U · Substantial damage