Piston helicopter

N5985X

1961 Brantly B-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1961
Serial
129
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Western North Carolina Air Museum (Corporation)
Based
Hendersonville, NC
Registration record

N5985X on the FAA register

Type
1961 Brantly B-2
Serial
129
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Western North Carolina Air Museum
Hendersonville, NC
Certificate issued
2025-09-15
Airworthiness date
1961-08-24
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A7BE3C
Mode S (octal)
51737074
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N5985X.
  • 1961-08-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
Overview

About N5985X

N5985X is a 1961 Brantly B-2, serial number 129. The FAA register lists Western North Carolina Air Museum as the registrant in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 15, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated August 24, 1961.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5985X.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5985X.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.