19870715043639A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Dubois Daniel A BETA BIRD · Biddeford, ME · July 15, 1987

Date
July 15, 1987 · 19:15 local
Place
Biddeford, ME
Airport
Biddeford Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3954D
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87DNC09
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW1600VOLKS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total45 in this make and model2 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.

Lost control landing homebuilt in a slight crosswind. Veered off runway into tall grass and struck a hidden ditch.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL LANDING HOMEBUILT IN A SLIGHT CROSSWIND. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO TALL GRASS AND STRUCK A HIDDEN DITCH.

NTSB investigation

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