# Accident 19800530017649A: Amtrbd BEDEBD4, Colorado Spring, CO, May 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1980, 09:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8144-2023-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bede BD-4 (registry code 1130512, https://openairdocs.org/model/bede-bd-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800530017649A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF DUE TO WATER IN FUEL. TRIED TO LAND ON AIRPORT. TOO SLOW. HIGH SINK RATE, CRASHED.

## 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 DEN80FTE46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE46), May 30, 1980: Bullen Bede 4 (N8144), Colorado Sprgs, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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