# Accident 19801203076819A: Amtrbd BEDEBD5A, Tomball, TX, December 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: D. W. Hooks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0951° N, 95.6197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-95.6197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52BM-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Byrdell Mathews BD-5 (registry code 11307G2, https://openairdocs.org/model/byrdell-mathews-bd-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honda CIVIC (registry code 33802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honda-civic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 695 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801203076819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID LANDING GEAR WWOULD NOT EXTEND, BUMPED MIXTURE TO OFF TRYING TO FREE GEAR.ENGINE QUIT,CRASHED ON AIRPORT

## 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 FTW81FRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA09), Dec 3, 1980: Bede BD-5 (N52BM), Tomball, TX, 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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