# Accident 19800814036069A: Amtrbd BEDEBD4, Dekalb, IL, August 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1980, 09:10 local time
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Airport: Dekalb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9282° N, 88.7476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9282&lon=-88.7476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441RH-1989-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Huffington BEDE BD-4 (registry code 1130636, https://openairdocs.org/model/huffington-bede-bd-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 387 total, 41 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800814036069A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON DOWN-WING LEG. CLIDED UNDER WIRES. HIT EMBANKMENT ON END OF RUNWAY. DID NOT USE CARB HEAT.

## 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 CHI80FEE42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE42), Aug 14, 1980: Bede 4 (N441RH), Dekalb, IL, destroyed

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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