# Accident 19790610015389A: Amtrbd BEDEBD5A, Jacksonville, FL, June 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2778° N, 81.8059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Herlong Airport (HEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2778&lon=-81.8059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87921, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87921-1979-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harper BD-5A (registry code 1130797, https://openairdocs.org/model/harper-bd-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790610015389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT CLAIMS COUPLING BETWEEN ENGINE DRIVE SHAFT & PROPELLOR MALFUNCTION JUST AFTER LIFTOFF. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA79FLA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLA28), Jun 10, 1979: Bede BD-5A (N87921), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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