19810927062679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrbd BEDEBD5B · Brandy Station, VA · September 27, 1981

Date
September 27, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Brandy Station, VA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N469HF
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FIA11
Reported as
Amtrbd BEDEBD5B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,015 total25 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Water-cooled engine quit when water pressure hose burst. Steam shorted out distributer. Crash-landed.

As the FAA filed it

WATER-COOLED ENGINE QUIT WHEN WATER PRESSURE HOSE BURST. STEAM SHORTED OUT DISTRIBUTER. CRASH-LANDED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.