# Accident 19890224002699A: Amtrbd BEDEBD5B, Colorado Spring, CO, February 24, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1989, 13:28 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94EC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 436 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890224002699A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TEST FLIGHT,FORCE LANDED GEAR AND FLAPS UP. FUEL LINE WAS PINCHED OFF BY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR.

## 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 DEN89LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA080), Feb 24, 1989: Eller BD-5B (N94EC), Colorado Spring, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF FUEL LINES WHICH WERE PINCHED OFF CAUSING FUEL STARVATION WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE TERRAIN FEATURES INCLUDING LOOSE GRAVEL SHORT OF…

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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