Brantly B-2B
N2238U is a Brantly B-2B, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bybee, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 2, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Brantly
- Model
- B-2B · all B-2Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 479
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A1EFA9 (octal 50367651)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 20, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 20, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 2, 1968
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00511832
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hewitt Robert E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1814 Goodwater Rd
Bybee, TN 37713-2405
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N2238U, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Hewitt Robert E, an individual, certificate issued February 20, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 2, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 479 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2238U according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N2238U: Accident on March 8, 2003 at Zelienople, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 15, 1999 at Hudson, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brantly Helicopter B-2B · operated under 091
The failure of the tail rotor assembly due to improper maintenance by the owner/pilot.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC03LA063 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brantly Helicopter B-2B · operated under 091
was an inadequate preflight and misjudged flare to landing during the autorotation by the pilot. A factor in this accident was a totally blocked fuel tank vent system.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI99LA292 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data