# Accident 19890308004599A: Amtrbd BEDEBD4, Leggett, CA, March 8, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: Leggett, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8635° N, 123.7252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leggett, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8635&lon=-123.7252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277MB-1989-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stearns ER BD-4 (registry code 11304F3, https://openairdocs.org/model/stearns-er-bd-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBD BEDEBD4
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 596 total, 106 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89DVD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308004599A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES WHILE TRYING TO SEE TERRAIN IN LOW CEILING AND FOG. HAD BEEN FOLLOWING COAST OVER WATER.

## 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 LAX89DVD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD03), Mar 8, 1989: Stearns BD-4 (N277MB), Leggett, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUATION OF VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS,…

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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